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Meanings of field gun in English

Portuguese
artilharia de campanha

Movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)

artilharia de campanha
Russian
полевое орудие
Spanish
cañón de campaña
Catalan
canó de campanya

Class of artillery gun mounted on a mobile carriage for maneuver in the field of battle.

полевое орудие
Synonyms
Examples for "field artillery"
Examples for "field artillery"
1
The regular gunner had no use for Territorial horse and field artillery.
1914
2
The artillery were-detachmentsof the royal horse artillery, and the field artillery.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844
3
Later came the 42-centimeter guns, which are classed as automobile field artillery.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
4
But at midday the field artillery of the Frenchmen already replies to ours.
The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine / The Eur...
5
Then followed a section of field artillery and a small detachment of cavalry.
Ahead of the Army
Usage of field gun in English
1
Three unhooked a small field gun from the back of the carriage.
The hunchback assignments
2
Twelve gunners were also hit, and the only field gun taken.
The Great Boer War
3
The guns were of every kind, from the field gun to the heaviest howitzer.
The Old Front Line
4
Like a modern field gun, the ballista shot low and directly toward the enemy.
Artillery Through the Ages / A Short Illustrated History of Cann...
5
These areas show the calculated performance of the German field gun (96 N.A.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
6
But it was beaten back with great loss by the Maxims and the field gun.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
7
The German here really snipes much more with his field gun than with his rifle.
Letters from France
8
The shows featured music, displays of various martial skills, and of course the famous field gun race.
BBC
9
In the hall, through the open doorway, the mouth of a shotted field gun could be seen.
The Crisis — Volume 05
10
Nov. 21-Newfield gun outranges German guns.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
11
A 4.7-inch field gun fires projectiles weighing 60 pounds, with the same velocity.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
12
It was a seven-pounder field gun.
A Set of Six
13
The small arm is the Mannlicher rifle and carbine, the field gun is the same as that of Belgium.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
14
They destroyed one of the walls of a house, pushed a field gun in and built a concrete wall.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
15
Even the emplacements of a field gun and a pom-pom were disclosed by shots casually fired for range-finding purposes.
A Handbook of the Boer War / With General Map of South Africa an...
16
This field gun, for instance.
Septimus
Translations for field gun