field artilleries

A form of field artillery — The part of an army's artillery which consists of (light) fieldpieces (cannons, howitzers) which are mobile enough to deploy on the (battle) field, as opposed to the fixed guns in fortifications or naval artillery; usually excludes antiaircraft.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of field artillery
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