Howitzer facts for kids
A howitzer is a special type of big gun used by an army. It has a short barrel, and is used fire a shell over a short distance. The barrel length of a howitzer is 15 to 25 times of the caliber. Howitzers are special because they're made to fire higher than a cannon but lower than a mortar. Howitzers are almost always used to shoot at targets on the ground, but they can be used for targets on water, or in the air. The name howitzer comes from an old Czech word, haufnice, which was a catapult that could fire many stones.
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Firing of an M114 155 mm howitzer by 90th Field Artillery Battalion, US 24th Infantry Division, during the Korean War
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12-pound Napoleon at the Colorado State Capitol
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Nineteenth-century 12-pounder (5 kg) mountain howitzer displayed by the National Park Service at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, United States
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A United States howitzer during the Battle of Manila, 1899
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In Spanish: Obús para niños
