plural of howitzer

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howitzer

To attack with a howitzer.

A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories.

present participle of howitzer

simple past tense and past participle of howitzer

plural of howitz

(obsolete, military) A howitzer.

(military) An artillery piece designed both for direct fire and indirect fire at a wide range of angles of elevation, thus capable of fulfilling the roles of a traditional field gun and howitzer.

plural of gun-howitzer