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A '''howitzer''' is an artillery piece of the cannon family, with a ratio of caliber to barrel length intermediate between mort ...from active military use. While this was long considered the most accurate cannon in the U.S. Army, rockets and missiles have greater range, accuracy and pay

...provides long-range heavy artillery fire in areas where traditional heavy cannon could not go. It is based on a [[High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

...d spread out to put blast and fragmentation over a large area. Traditional cannon artillery were more accurate and put more intense blast in a smaller area;

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...original version did not have an internal gun, but later models had a 23mm cannon.

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...and especially attacks on land positions from ships. Where the first siege cannon were direct fire weapons intended to batter down walls, a mortar, firing ho | title = 80 cm cannon "Dora"}}</ref> Some of the weapons, such as the WWI 420mm "Big Bertha", wer

...S19 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15289215">{{cite journal |author=Bach RG, Cannon CP, Weintraub WS, ''et al'' |title=The effect of routine, early invasive m

...]] the vessel and her sister ships primary armament was a non-lethal water cannon, but she was also armed with machine guns.<ref name=AviationWeek2007-10-01/

...Damen Stan type 4207 patrol vessel. Note the cannon on the bow is a water cannon, for fire-fighting.]] ...ll arms]]. Many of the vessels come equipped with a fire-fighting [[water cannon]]. Many of the agencies that employ these vessels specified they should be

...m Hampton Roads to Boston for the U.S. Maritime Commission and had a 12 lb cannon mounted on the afterhouse for protection. She was armed with a small cannon during [[World War II]].<ref name=MarinersLog2004-04/>

...m; control system inside the vehicle; and turret with the HOT missiles and cannon or machine gun. ...either two or four HOT 3 missiles and can also be armed with 30mm or 20mm cannon or 12.7mm machine gun.

...ome type of vehicle mount, such as a "pintle" pedestal or coaxially with a cannon. Coaxial mounts are used both for lethal fire, and also to verify the aim o

...ock the cannon from the travel lock, point the cannon and fire, relock the cannon, and make ready for movement. At any stopping point, either a firing locat ...anceled. The more recent successor has been the Future Combat Systems#NLOS cannon in the Future Combat Systems (FCS), but, in April 2009, Secretary of Defens

The turbine pumps provided water to up to six [[water cannon]]s. Each turbine pump was powered by a diesel rated at 400 bhp.

...stern end of the sandspit, where it curled closest to short. A battery of cannon, in [[Fort York]], could impede the entry of hostile vessels.

...with projectile, propellant, and primer in one sealed package. Some large cannon, mostly naval in the twentieth century, require the projectile to be loaded

However she was sunk by a cannon salvo prior to entering Kingston's harbour.

...nnon. The total work done by the gravitation is zero, the work done on the cannon ball going up cancels the work done on the ball going down. (In this exampl ...gravitational field is conservative, we just saw an example of a mass (a cannon ball) making a closed path in a conservative force field. The [[potential e

...hus rocket launchers can be constructed far more lightly than would be a [[cannon]] of equivalent payload, which has to absorb the recoil of the explosion th ...and artillery rockets that may come close in accuracy to that of unguided cannon shells. Infantry support rockets are usually [[direct fire]], and most comm

...to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system.<ref>Cannon WB (1914) The emergency function of the adrenal medulla in pain and the maj <ref>Cannon WB (1929) Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage: An Account of Rece

...related to [[torcetrapib]].<ref name="pmid21082868">{{cite journal| author=Cannon CP, Shah S, Dansky HM, Davidson M, Brinton EA, Gotto AM et al.| title=Safet

...al 6 taps to attach water hoses, forward and aft. Her most powerful water cannon was mounted on a tower in the middle of the vessel.

...She can project a relatively modest 1500 gallons per minute from a water cannon mounted on the roof of her enclosed deckhouse.

...pport]] from [[M1128 mobile gun system]] (MGS) vehicles armed with [[105mm cannon]], the original [[M1 Abrams tank]] guns before they were upgraded to 120mm.

...of 1812, the British neglected to follow the traffic rules and avoided the cannon. During some of the larger protests of the 1970s, the small parks at the ce

* Mauskopf, Seymour H. "Chemistry and Cannon: J.-L. Proust and Gunpowder Analysis," ''Technology and Culture,'' Vol. 31,

...onnel, Large. Some were converted to close-in fire support vessels using [[cannon]] or [[unguided rockets]].

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...wo of which are dedicated to powering her four [[water cannon]]s. A water cannon on her aft deck is on an extensible mast that can be raised to a height of

*[[Joseph Gurney Cannon]] (1836-1926), Speaker of the House

She was equipped with water cannon, for fighting fires.<ref name=oppositethecity2011-07-09A/> However, when a

| '''Producers''' || Ric Birch, Bernie Cannon ...|isbn=9781741144178|oclc=62549250}}</ref> who commissioned producer Bernie Cannon and producer-director Ric Birch to develop a product which could capture th

...ce, and M109 howitzers in artillery units that can shoot back at the enemy cannon site while its shells are still in flight.

...Knight]] was knocked overboard during a celebratory display of her [[water cannon]]s.<ref name=IllinoisFire/><ref name=ChicagoTribune1963-08-02/>

Leader: [[Ciarán Cannon]]

In the refined J version, the 75mm cannon was removed, but with both factory and field modifications, up to fourteen

...was used as a propellant for [[unguided rocket]]s, and to propel shot in [[cannon]]. During the late 14th and early 15th centuries, Chinese gunpowder techno ...el, to which pistol barrels, loaded with a bullet, were attached. When the cannon was fired, the pressure wave propelled the bullets down the barrels, where

...value targets such as missile sites and command posts, beyond the range of cannon artillery such as the [[M109 howitzer]]. This missile had 100mi/165km range

| title = Sage Prophet or Loose Cannon? Skilled Intelligence Officer in World War II Foresaw Japan's Plans, but An

The ''Stan Musial'' can transmit 7,000 gallons per minute from its [[water cannon]], and can travel at up to 38 knots.<ref name=Kmov2013-10-30/><ref name=Ksc

...about one hundred yards, Fannin gave the order to open fire with rifle and cannon shot and canister. Mexican casualties were heavy, but Urrea gave the order ...animals had become targets of the snipers. The Texans could not move their cannon nor their wounded.

One of her two water cannon can be dismounted, which would be useful for fighting a fire, on land, if a

...terrain because it uses tracks rather than wheels, has at least one main [[cannon|main high-velocity gun]] and one or more machine guns, and some level of ar ...[[M60 Patton (tank)]]s used their main guns on enemy tanks. Western 120mm cannon rounds usually achieved catastrophic kills, where the frontal Chobham armor

* Her largest water cannon is on a raisable mast, and is operated by remote control.<ref name=RalIndep

...y forces set up what was then the largest [[cannon]] in the country, the ''Cannon Royal'', in the twelfth-century St. Mary's Church below the castle, and pro ...Boynton, 1st Baronet|Sir Matthew Boynton]] had replaced Meldrum, favouring cannon fire from land and sea over infantry assault. Bombardment, [[scurvy]], lack

...ground targets in a line (e.g., vehicles on a road) were wing-mounted 23mm cannon pods, up to 4 per aircraft. Their aim can be depressed through 30° up, all

...t, until the [[Second World War]], and especially during the days of sail, cannon were described in terms of the weight of their projectile, a 32 pounder bei

...structure cut down for stability, her decks strengthened, and a new set of cannon installed. with 15 large bronze guns, 24 wrought-iron carriage guns and 52

...strong metal. If submunitions kill the crew or set off the ammunition, the cannon is neutralized. Bluntly, for other types of targets, such as a military hea