| Five Columbiads were mounted in the parade as mortars and three howitzers about the sally port in the gorge. |
| Coalition special forces soldiers destroyed at least five enemy howitzers during that operation. |
| Broken-down trucks were scavenged for usable parts and left by the roadside. Artillery units cannibalised parts from captured guns to keep their howitzers operating. |
| It is the primary instrument used to orient the howitzers onto the azimuth of fire. |
| Long and short range artillery, rockets, missiles, howitzers, and mortars rained fire and death from the sky. |
| The greatest drawback to maintaining a cannon-centric field artillery is that the howitzers ' weight reduces air transportability. |
