medium artillery

American  

noun

U.S. Military.

1. guns and howitzers of caliber more than 105 millimeters and less than 155 millimeters, sometimes including the 155-millimeter howitzers.

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Example Sentences

Medium artillery set up a few feet from the sand began to pump shells up the valley.

From Washington Times

On the other hand much time and labour are involved in emplacing heavy and medium artillery with extemporized protection, and this becomes a serious consideration when one remembers how much work of all kinds is necessary in preparing a fortress against attack.

From Project Gutenberg

Some 12,000 peshmerga troops armed with small and medium artillery as well as AK-47 assault rifles are surrounding Kirkuk, Arab and Kurdish sources said.

From Reuters

In St. John, N. B. last week a brigade of Medium Artillery was out in the bright May sunshine banging away a 21-gun feu de joie in honor of a great occasion: St. John's 150th Loyalist Day.

From Time Magazine Archive

The medium artillery, not having the range of the heavy guns, did not reach so far back with its fire, but demoralized things generally wherever its shells hit.

From Project Gutenberg