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For the most part, the following lists of artillery cover guns, howitzers, mortars, and other large projectile weapons. Small arms and missiles are not generally included, though rockets and other bombardment weapons may be. For a more complete listing of various weapons, see list of weapons.
The following list of artillery cover guns, howitzers, mortars, and other large projectile weapons. Small arms and missiles are not included, though artillery rockets and other bombardment weapons are. This list is ordered by name or designation in alpha-numeric order.
This list of artillery catalogues types of weapons found in batteries of national armed forces' artillery units.. Some weapons used by the infantry units, known as infantry support weapons, are often misidentified as artillery weapons because of their use and performance characteristics, sometimes known colloquially as the "infantryman's artillery" [1] which has been particularly applied to ...
Early 15th-century Flemish giant cannon Dulle Griet at Ghent (caliber of 660 mm). This list contains all types of cannon through the ages listed in decreasing caliber size. For the purpose of this list, the development of large-calibre artillery can be divided into three periods, based on the kind of projectiles used, due to their dissimilar characteristics, and being practically ...
Note that each category will include weapons that are in that general size class. Weapons of similar caliber may differ in exact caliber (i.e. 76 mm and 76.2 mm will both be under 76 mm artillery). Non metric calibers are placed within the nearest calculated metric category. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Artillery by calibre.
8-inch gun M1 a WWII era 203 mm towed heavy gun. M1918 240 mm howitzer WWI-WWII era siege gun derived from French Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider. 240 mm howitzer M1 WWII era towed howitzer. 155 mm M114/howitzer M1 a WWII–1980s-era towed howitzer used by the United States Army. M198 155 mm howitzer.
2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) 3-inch/21-caliber field gun. 3-inch M1902 field gun. 3.2-inch gun M1897. 14-inch M1920 railway gun. 16-inch/50-caliber M1919 gun. 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 2 gun.
List of wheeled self-propelled howitzers. Howitzers are one of two primary types of field artillery. Historically, howitzers fired a heavy shell in a high-trajectory from a relatively short barrel and their range was limited but they were slightly more mobile than similar size field guns. Since the end of World War II, howitzers have gained ...