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Revision as of 14:39, 18 November 2009
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Parent topics
- Military [r]: The standing armed forces of a country, that are directed by the national government and are tasked with that nation's defense. [e]
- Fire support [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
Command and control
- Forward observer [r]: An individual or team, specializing in artillery, who accompanies ground troops and directs indirect fire artillery in support of those ground troops [e]
- AN/SYQ-27 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System [r]: Add brief definition or description
Major types
- Gun [r]: Either a general term for firearm, or a type of artillery with a relatively long barrel with respect to caliber, giving the projectile a fairly flat trajectory [e]
- Howitzer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mortar [r]: A piece of artillery, sometimes light enough to be carried by infantry, which has a short barrel length relative to the shell caliber, and fires in a high indirect trajectory, often desirable to fire over obstacles. [e]
- Unguided rocket [r]: A form of artillery weapon that uses a rocket motor to propel a warhead at a target, using no guidance once launched [e]
- Multiple rocket launcher [r]: In modern use, a family of mobile artillery systems, firing unguided rockets intended for area-effect coverage, complementing howitzers for point targets. These systems, however, increasingly use guided rounds. [e]
- Guided missile [r]: A weapon that flies through air or space, under its own power, which adjusts its course to hit its target. [e]
Ammunition
- Warhead [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Precision-guided munition [r]: Add brief definition or description
Light artillery
Medium artillery
- 120mm mortar [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 130mm gun [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 155mm howitzer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Katyusha (rocket) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Heavy artillery
- 8" howitzer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 175mm gun [r]: Add brief definition or description
- M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System [r]: A fully-tracked artillery firing platform that carries two munitions pods, containing either six rockets or short-range surface-to-surface missiles, or one MGM-140 ATACMS tactical ballistic missile [e]