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gun-howitzer en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An artillery piece designed both for direct fire and indirect fire at a wide range of angles of elevation, thus capable of fulfilling the roles of a traditional field gun and howitzer.
   • Sometimes the distinction between an artillery gun and a howitzer becomes blurred due to the development of gun-howitzers that can perform both roles. The best-known Allied gun-howitzer used during World War II was the British 25-Pounder Gun, which had a caliber of 87 mm. 2000, Michael and Gladys Green, “Artillery Weapons”, in Weapons of Patton's Armies:
   • The Pattern of 1857 12-pounder Napoleon gun-howitzer was one of the most versatile and popular field pieces used during the Civil War. […] Although technically a gun, the Napoleon was often referred to as a gun-howitzer for its ability to also fire explosive shell. 2007, Jeff Kinard, “Nineteenth-century U.S. Artillery, 1800–1865”, in Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact:

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Translations (4)

pl armatohaubica (artillery piece capable of fulfilling the roles of a traditional field gun and howitzer) · ru пу́шка-га́убица (artillery piece capable of fulfilling the roles of a traditional field gun and howitzer) · pl haubicoarmata (artillery piece capable of fulfilling the roles of a traditional field gun and howitzer) · ru га́убица-пу́шка (artillery piece capable of fulfilling the roles of a traditional field gun and howitzer)