field gun

noun

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

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The long barrel was poised as steadily as field-gun on its carriage.
Stingaree
E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
But suddenly the bang of a field-gun set all eyes looking backward.
The River War
Winston S. Churchill
He also gave encouraging information as to the field-gun and the new rifle.
The Annual Register 1914
Anonymous
Let them come with their field-gun, and do you come with them.
Told by the Death's Head
Mr Jkai
"Let us have a look at the field-gun," said Sypher encouragingly.
Septimus
William J. Locke