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field gun

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field gun
n
(Military) a gun specially designed for service in direct support of front-line troops
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Noun1.field gunfield gun - movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
field artillery
artillery, heavy weapon, ordnance, gun - large but transportable armament


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Among the field guns on the brow of the hill the general in command of the rearguard stood with a staff officer, scanning the country through his fieldglass.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The latter led us across a small parade ground, where a battery of light field guns was parked, and toward a log building, in front of which rose the flagstaff.
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