artilleryman
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William Miller, an English artilleryman, joined the Peruvian fight against imperial Spain and became a pivotal figure in Peru’s bid for independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Their oldest brother, Rudy, was also a Vietnam War veteran, an artilleryman.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2023
Mr. Peskov’s remarks came after Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the leader of Russia’s Wagner private military company, said on Saturday that the spokesman’s son had served as an artilleryman with his mercenary group for six months.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Wagner’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Dmitry Peskov had approached him and asked him to take his son on as an artilleryman.
From Reuters ● Apr. 23, 2023
A spotter reads coordinates into the headpiece, and an artilleryman repeats them back.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
According to the report, the mercenaries operated as part of the Desert Wolves brigade, serving as drone pilots, artillerymen and instructors.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
The artillerymen moved quickly to load their gun, toiling in the heat of a sunny June day.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023
“We’re pulling artillerymen out of the fight to learn these howitzers and then we’re putting them back in.”
From Washington Times ● May 20, 2022
For example, the Coriolis Effect must be taken into account by artillerymen calculating the trajectory of artillery shells for accuracy in hitting targets over long distances.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
On the third afternoon of the siege of Saint-Malo, the shelling lulls, as though all the artillerymen abruptly fell asleep at their guns.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
