howitzer
noun
how·it·zer
ˈhau̇-ət-sər 
: a short cannon used to fire projectiles at medium muzzle velocities and with relatively high trajectories
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Here is a photo of him: The Army taught him to fire howitzers, then sent him to Europe as a scout.
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Noah Hawley, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025
British soldiers have been experimenting with drones for reconnaissance, Finnish conscripts have been training up on small howitzers, and Swedish troops have shown Scandi solidarity with their longer-range artillery systems.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Axios helpfully tallied a sampling of the hardware: twenty-eight M1A1 Abrams tanks, twenty-eight M2 Bradley fighting vehicles, four Paladin howitzers, eight CH-47 Chinook helicopters, sixteen AH-64 Apache helicopters, and sixteen UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Reinhart’s goal came after Jake Walman gave Edmonton a 4-3 lead with 6:24 left with a howitzer of a one-timer.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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Noah Hawley, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025
British soldiers have been experimenting with drones for reconnaissance, Finnish conscripts have been training up on small howitzers, and Swedish troops have shown Scandi solidarity with their longer-range artillery systems.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
Axios helpfully tallied a sampling of the hardware: twenty-eight M1A1 Abrams tanks, twenty-eight M2 Bradley fighting vehicles, four Paladin howitzers, eight CH-47 Chinook helicopters, sixteen AH-64 Apache helicopters, and sixteen UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Reinhart’s goal came after Jake Walman gave Edmonton a 4-3 lead with 6:24 left with a howitzer of a one-timer.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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howitzer
noun
how·it·zer
ˈhau̇-ət-sər
: a short cannon capable of firing a shell in a high arc
Etymology
from Dutch houwitser "howitzer," derived from a Czechoslovakian word for "catapult"
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