howitzer

Converse of object

• tow: D-1 152mm towed heavy howitzer 1943 One of the last WWII vintage weapons still in use.
• rifle: Mark I This was the first rifled howitzer to be introduced into service from 1872.
• unleash: Our shaven-headed leader needed no second bidding and hared into the area to unleash a howitzer past Masters.
• include: This was carried out by long range, heavy German artillery, which included a huge 42cm howitzer.
• use: All artillery guns and howitzers used by the Great War armies were breech loaded.

Adjective modifier

• 8-inch: The troops, despite the heat, dragged four 8-inch howitzers up from the river.
• self-propelled: M109 155mm Self-propelled howitzer An American self-propelled howitzer with a fully armored turret.
• heavy: Suddenly, at 5.00pm, a new and furious bombardment of Ypres started up by heavy German long-range howitzers.
• 42cm: This was carried out by long range, heavy German artillery, which included a huge 42cm howitzer.
• huge: This was carried out by long range, heavy German artillery, which included a huge 42cm howitzer.
• German: Suddenly, at 5.00pm, a new and furious bombardment of Ypres started up by heavy German long-range howitzers.

Modifies a noun

• shell: The base of the cross was fashioned from the base of a 4.5 howitzer shell, the rest from carefully fashioned strips of brass.
• battery: The regimental squadron commander must also ensure the fires of his howitzer battery are planned to provide support beyond the initial screen line.
• gun: This needed very little work except for a shorter, howitzer style gun from the GZG range.
• embrasure: Block 8: three 75mm howitzer embrasures and two GFM cupolas.
• carriage: The Priest was one of the best howitzer carriages in the early part of WWII.

Noun used with modifier

• inch: About a quarter of a mile behind these eighteen pounder guns there were 4.5 inch howitzers.
• siege: The field howitzer and siege howitzer were produced from 1896.
• yard: He saved from Robinson, watched Earnie fire just wide then react smartly to touch a Gordon 30 yard howitzer over the bar.
• mountain: History is silent concerning the last acts of the mountain howitzer.