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
Getting howitzer production up and running will be a test of Ukraine’s ability to serve as a manufacturing base for top-tier foreign equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
An exercise to fire off a howitzer, an artillery weapon, was called off due to an extreme blizzard in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
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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