howitzer
A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering…A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
Значення
значень: 2A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
Haubitze
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га́убицяháubycja
A powerfully hit shot.
- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
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Походження
Borrowed from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, fromBorrowed from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, which was derived from houf (“flock, crowd”) + -nice. The Czech noun houf comes from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.
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множина: howitzersСиноніми
синонімів: 2- a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range:mortartrench mortar