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• n  a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

• The pack howitzer is the principal 75-mm.
• Lions Clubs International is marketing a Kargil war memento: a model of an artillery gun made from the shell casing of an 155-mm howitzer.
• With a few polished phrases, His Grace the Duke of Connaught unveiled at Hyde Park corner a vast squat howitzer of cut stone, London's War memorial to the Royal Artillery.

• mortar
• trench mortar

News & Articles

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• A historic change
  Col. Tracey L. Hayes becomes new head of the 90th Missile Wing. CHEYENNE -- The piercing blast from the 75mm ceremonial howitzer cannon signified more than a change of leadership Monday at F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
  June 18, 2013 - Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
• Citizens become historians for living history event
  A gun crew with the 1st Stuart Horse Artillery is shown here demonstrating the firing procedures of a 12-pound field howitzer Saturday in Glen Lyn, Va.
  June 16, 2013 - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
• JBLM to conduct late night firing beginning Monday
  Joint Base Lewis-McChord will conduct late-night firing of a M177 Howitzer mostly between the hours of 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. from June 17-21. There is a possibility firing could go later into the night to meet training requirements.
  June 15, 2013 - The Olympian

Quotes

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• Thomas V Mike Miller in MyFox Washington DC
  While I obviously cannot guarantee success, I will commit to exploring the inclusion of both the one time $35,000 appropriation for the howitzer acquisition and the $3,500 ongoing costs for storage and maintenance by the Wyoming National Guard into... Dave Freudenthal http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Freudenthal&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEl__p0j2RTBMr8sOdXCp8kag2UdA The Casper Star Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2008/08/15/ap-state-wy/d92j1ckg1.txt&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGsLFdtyZxiLgscW6fckEMMo6p7Hw Aug 15, 2008 48481 65665 howitzer When we run into little problems -- need reinforcements, need a howitzer over here or another squadron over here, we're going to call up to the second floor," Miller said, referring to the location of the governor's office in the State House....
• Michael Jackson in Ocala.com
  As Jackson said: "You don't want to unload a Howitzer cannon" to treat a simple ailment.