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North Korea has thousands of conventional artillery pieces, which could wreak havoc on South Korea.—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026 By the time coalition ground forces advanced, airpower had destroyed or disabled more than 4,200 Iraqi tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces.—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026 If Ukraine needs to wear down the number of Russian artillery pieces, for instance, Fedorov can increase the number of points granted for destroying them.—Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 Since early in the war, analysts have attempted to work out at what point one side or the other would run out of vital supplies—armored vehicles, artillery pieces, shells, missiles, air defenses, and so on.—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2025 Rocket Trucks are highly mobile artillery pieces that can blanket an entire area with fire, though with very low accuracy.—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025