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Artillery has been one of primary weapons of war since before the Napoleonic Era. Several countries have developed and built artillery systems, while artillery itself has been continually improved and redesigned to meet the evolving needs of the battlefield. This has led to a multitude of different types and designs which have played a role in ...
The following list of artillery cover guns, howitzers, mortars, and other large projectile weapons. Small arms and missiles are not included, though artillery rockets and other bombardment weapons are. This list is ordered by name or designation in alpha-numeric order.
This list of artillery catalogues types of weapons found in batteries of national armed forces' artillery units.. Some weapons used by the infantry units, known as infantry support weapons, are often misidentified as artillery weapons because of their use and performance characteristics, sometimes known colloquially as the "infantryman's artillery" [1] which has been particularly applied to ...
In cases where multiple countries collaborated on a project, a system could be listed under each of the major participants. Also, in outstanding cases where a system was adopted fully by another country, the system may be listed there also. This list is not an attempt to list every artillery system ever used by each country.
List of medieval and early modern gunpowder artillery; List of heavy mortars; List of mountain artillery; List of muzzle-loading guns; N. List of artillery by name;
Caliber (mm) Tubes Weapon name Country of origin Operational period 57 Rocket Projectile, 2 inch United Kingdom 72.4 1 7.3 cm Propagandawerfer 41 Nazi Germany 72.9 35 ...
This list attempts to list the field artillery regiments of the United States Army and United States Marine Corps. As the U.S. Army field artillery evolved, regimental lineages of the artillery, including air defense artillery, coast artillery, and field artillery were intermingled. This list is only concerned with field artillery.
'Field Artillery Team' is a US term and the following description and terminology applies to the US, other armies are broadly similar but differ in significant details. Modern field artillery (post–World War I) has three distinct parts: the Forward Observer (FO), the Fire Direction Center (FDC) and the actual guns