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What does howitzer mean?

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Noun
  1. A cannon that combines certain characteristics of guns and mortars. The howitzer delivers projectiles with medium velocities, either by low or high trajectories.
  2. Normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers; however, the tube length can exceed 30 calibers and still be considered a howitzer when the high angle fire zoning solution permits range overlap between charges
  3. (sports, rugby, ice hockey) A powerfully hit shot.
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The home team felt the force of howitzer tackles by White and Ally Hogg and some tremendous dunts from Marcus Di Rollo and Andy Henderson.
A howitzer is a field artillery piece, used primarily to attack enemy personnel, fortifications, and artillery emplacements.
The self propelled howitzer is designed to defeat unsheltered and covered manpower, weapons and materiel to division level.
Note that I don't care whether someone is getting a handgun or a howitzer, as long as they maintain it and know how to safely operate the thing.
The task force later lost the howitzer battery, separate infantry platoon, and engineer platoon.
Both pilots took turns calculating the power required to safely drop off the howitzer at Bagram.

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