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Definition of Field gun
1. Noun. Movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Gun
Literary usage of Field gun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The new field gun (calibre 75 mm.—3 inches), whose details may be seen in the
... In this gun France is said to have a field gun of greater rapidity of fire ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1898)
"Vickers' Quick-fire field gun.—The Erosion of Gun Tubes.—The Russian Navy.— Wire-wound
Guns. — Lessons from the War to Warship Machinery. ..."
3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"IE , HY A BRITISH field gun cattle, sheep and pigs into the galleries for
concealment, and consequently the Germans did not lack for food. ..."
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