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1Counter-battery fire — Counterfire redirects here. For British political organisation, see Counterfire (organisation). Counter battery fire is a type of mission assigned to military artillery forces, which are given the task of locating and firing upon enemy artillery …
2artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …
3Battle of Arras (1917) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Arras partof=the Western Front of World War I caption=The Town Square, Arras, France. February, 1919. date=9 April to 16 May, 1917 place=France casus= territory= result=No final breakthrough achieved… …
4Artillery — For other uses of the term, see Artillery (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric Ancient …
5Sound ranging — In land warfare, sound ranging is a method of determining the coordinates of a hostile artillery battery using data derived from the sound of its guns (or mortar or rockets) firing. The same methods can also be used to direct artillery fire at a… …
6Counter-battery radar — Israeli Shilem counter battery radar A counter battery radar detects artillery projectiles fired by one or more guns, howitzers, mortars and rocket launchers and from their trajectories locates the position on the ground of the gun, etc., that… …
7Technology during World War I — The machine gun was one of the decisive technologies during World War I. Picture: British Vickers machine gun crew on the Western Front. Technology during World War I reflected a trend toward industrialism and the application of mass production… …
8SdKfz 251 — Infobox Weapon name=SdKfz 251 caption=SdKfz 251 Ausf.D origin=Nazi Germany type=Halftrack is vehicle=yes length= 5.80 m (19 ft 0.3 in) width= 2.10 m (6 ft 10.7 in) height= 1.75 m (5 ft 8.9 in) weight= 7.81 tonnes (8.61 short tons) suspension=… …
9List of SdKfz designations — SdKfz stood for Sonderkraftfahrzeug or ‘special purpose vehicle . SdKfz designations were assigned to armored vehicles and other vehicles put in military service for a specific purpose. The system was used by Germany prior to and throughout World …
10Artillery of World War I — The artillery of World War I was used to counter the trench warfare that set in shortly after the conflict commenced, and was an important factor in the war, influencing its tactics, operations and incorporated into strategies that were used by… …
