howitzer
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The group makes combat vehicles, ammunition, missile launchers and artillery systems, including the M777 howitzer that Ukraine has employed widely in its fight against Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
European nations have supplied Ukraine with 11 different types of howitzer firing one caliber, the 155mm shell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Fifteen minutes after Celtic issued the news of Brendan Rodgers' shock resignation via a perfunctory five-paragraph, 134-word statement, the howitzer landed, courtesy of Dermot Desmond, with whiskers twitching in apparent fury.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
At 1:46 p.m., an artillery round from an M777 howitzer was launched from White’s Beach northward, according to a CHP incident report obtained by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
Behind me was an enormous cement mixer on wheels, its big howitzer revolving as it proceeded.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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