light cannon
Britishnoun
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But the normal progression in armament development would be from heavy machine guns to light cannon, with higher velocities and fire speeds than those now generally mounted in aircraft.-
From Time Magazine Archive
Crew totals eight; armament includes machine guns, light cannon, bombs, depth charges.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fire-power of the break-through tanks was several heavy machine guns, plus light cannon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Spaniards planned a second attack upon it in 1653, and succeeded by dragging a couple of light cannon up the mountain so as to command the donjon built by Levasseur.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 by Various
Howitzer, how′its-ėr, n. a short, light cannon, used for throwing shells.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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