howitzer
noun
how·it·zer
ˈhau̇-ət-sər 
: a short cannon used to fire projectiles at medium muzzle velocities and with relatively high trajectories
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While the howitzers are expected to be financed under Taiwan’s forthcoming special arms budget, acquisition of the Excalibur rounds has not yet received US approval and is not currently included in Taipei’s funding plan.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
For those who missed it, Brentford’s 93rd-minute equaliser against Chelsea on Saturday came from human howitzer Kevin Schade hurling the ball into the box, leggy Norwegian Kristoffer Ajer flicking it on and Fabio Carvalho poking it in at the back post.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a howitzer commander using the call sign Warsaw, said troops are determined to thwart Russia’s invasion.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Thai and Cambodian howitzer artillery also saw extensive action.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
For those who missed it, Brentford’s 93rd-minute equaliser against Chelsea on Saturday came from human howitzer Kevin Schade hurling the ball into the box, leggy Norwegian Kristoffer Ajer flicking it on and Fabio Carvalho poking it in at the back post.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, a howitzer commander using the call sign Warsaw, said troops are determined to thwart Russia’s invasion.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Thai and Cambodian howitzer artillery also saw extensive action.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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howitzer
noun
how·it·zer
ˈhau̇-ət-sər
: a short cannon capable of firing a shell in a high arc
Etymology
from Dutch houwitser "howitzer," derived from a Czechoslovakian word for "catapult"
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