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Glossary Items for Type : Artillery
Name Artillery
Description None
Glossary Items contained within this Type
Name Description #books
0.50 (12.7 mm) MG Mark III Machine Gun TBD.1
10.5_cm_leFH_18 Light Howitzer A German light howitzer which was the standard divisional field howitzer used by Germany during WW2.1
155 mm Long Tom A 155mm caliber field gun developed and used by the United States military. It was produced in M1 and M2 variants and deployed as a heavy field weapon during World War II and the Korean War, and also classed as secondary armament for seacoast defence.1
2-inch mortar A British mortar issued to the British Army and the Commonwealth armies that saw use during WW2 and after. It was more portable than larger mortars which needed vehicles for them to be carried around.2
Anti-tank warfare The predominant anti-tank weapons at the start of WW2 were the tank-mounted gun, limbered anti-tank guns and anti-tank grenades used by the infantry as well as ground-attack aircraft such as the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka.6
Artillery A class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range of infantry’s small arms.6
BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer A British howitzer used during World War I and World War II. The qualifier '26cwt' refers to the weight of the barrel and breech together which weighed 26 long hundredweight (1.3 t).1
Eighty Eight artillery gun A German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun widely used by Germany throughout WW2.2
French 75 mm field gun A quick-firing field artillery piece commonly known as the French 75, or simply the 75. The French 75 is widely regarded as the first modern artillery piece.1
Grand Slam A 22,000 lb earthquake bomb used by RAF Bomber Command against German targets towards the end of WW2. It was originally called 'Tallboy Large' until the term Tallboy got into the press and the code name was replaced by 'Grand Slam'.1
Hispano-Suiza HS.404 A 20 mm autocannon produced by Spanish/French company Hispano-Suiza in the mid-1930s. It was widely used as an aircraft, naval and land-based weapon by the allied military services, particularly during WW2. It was an ideal anti-aircraft weapon for mounting on light vehicles, as well as a fighter aircraft gun.1
Holman Projector TBD.1
Incendiary ammunition A type of firearm ammunition containing a compound that burns rapidly and causes fires. They were used in interceptor fighters because they could also ignite fuel if they came into contact with a fuel tank or pipeline.1
ML 3-inch mortar A standard mortar used by the British Army from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, superseding the Stokes mortar. Also used by various armies of the British Empire and of the Commonwealth.1
Mortar A weapon that fires explosive projectiles known as mortar bombs at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories.5
Obice da 149/19 howitzer A 149.1 mm heavy howitzer which served with Italy during WW2 and intended to replace Italy's mixture of WW1-era heavy howitzers. It was used by the Italian army until 1974.1
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon A series of auto-cannons produced by Oerlikon and others, of various types employed by both Allied and Axis forces during WW2, and used on aircraft, ships and land.2
Ordnance QF 75 mm A British tank gun of WW2 obtained by boring out the QF 6-pounder 57 mm anti-tank gun to 75 mm, to give better performance against infantry targets.1
Petard Bomb TBD.1
Phosphorus Munitions Weapons that use one of the allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination, and incendiary munitions, and is commonly the burning element of tracer ammunition. White phosphorus is ignited by contact with air; burns fiercely; and can ignite cloth, fuel, ammunition, and other combustibles.1
Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT) A British man-portable anti-tank weapon developed during WW2, short for 'Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank'. It possessed an effective range of about 105m in a direct fire anti-tank role, and 320m in an indirect fire role with no back-blast to prevent revealing the users position.1
QF 2-pounder gun A 40 mm (1.575 in) British anti-tank and vehicle-mounted gun, employed in WW2.2
QF 25-pounder field gun The major British field gun and howitzer during WW2. It combined direct-fire and high-angle, high rates of fire, and a reasonably lethal shell in a highly mobile piece.4
QF 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun Britain’s primary heavy 3.7 in. anti-aircraft gun during World War II. It was roughly the equivalent of the German 88 mm FlaK and American 90 mm.1
QF 6-pounder Gun A British 57 mm gun, serving during WW2 as a primary anti-tank gun of both the British and United States Army. It was also used as the main armament for a number of armoured fighting vehicles. It replaced the 2-pounder as an anti-tank gun.2
Self Propelled Gun An artillery piece equipped with its own propulsion system to move toward its firing position. Within the terminology are the self-propelled gun, self-propelled howitzer, self-propelled mortar, and rocket artillery. Modern self-propelled artillery vehicles often mount their main gun in a turret on a tracked chassis so they superficially resemble tanks.1
Shell A payload-carrying projectile which contains an explosive or other filling. Shells are usually large-calibre projectiles fired by artillery and combat vehicles and warships.16