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field gun

British  

noun

  1. a gun specially designed for service in direct support of front-line troops

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The satellite imagery provided by Maxar Technologies shows what Maxar described as battle tanks, self-propelled howitzers and a M-46 field gun battery in the Eritrean town of Serha, near the border, on Sept. 19.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

The state gun carriage is a field gun carriage that has been in the care of the Royal Navy since 1901, when it was removed from active service for the funeral of Queen Victoria.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2022

Here we see an 18-pound field gun in action.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2013

Milligan first met his fellow Goon, Harry Secombe, in the north African campaign when Milligan was looking for a field gun that he'd "lost".

From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012

My heart stops racing and the field, gun, and birds fade away.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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