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HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the French forms obus = shell and obusier = howitzer)

HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = See also:
CATAPULT (Lat. catapulta, Gr. KaraafXrfls)
catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French forms obus = See also:
SHELL
SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell and obusier = howitzer) , a form of See also:

MOBILE

mobile See also:

ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance in use from the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century up to the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

day. It is a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and therefore comparatively See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

gun, which fires a heavy projectile at See also:

low velocity. A high See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of See also:

ELEVATION

elevation is always given and the angle of descent of the projectile is consequently steep (up to 70°). On this fact is based the See also:

TACTICAL

tactical use of the See also:

MODERN

modern howitzer. The See also:

field howitzer is of the greatest value for " searching " trenches, folds of ground, localities, &c., which are invulnerable to See also:

DIRECT

direct See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, while the more powerful See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege howitzer has, since the introduction of modern See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery and, above all, of modern projectiles, taken the foremost See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place amongst the weapons used in siege warfare. See ARTILLERY, ORDNANCE and FORTIFICATION AND SIEGECRAFT.

End of Article: HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the French forms obus = shell and obusier = howitzer)

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