heavy artillery

noun

1. guns and howitzers of large caliber.
2. guns and howitzers of 155-millimeters caliber and larger. Compare light artillery ( def 2 ), medium artillery.

Example Sentences

Throughout this time the volcanic isle’s sprawling shoreline and rolling hills have served as a crucial military training ground where U.S. troops detonate grenades and fire heavy artillery.

From Los Angeles Times

An Associated Press reporter in the city heard heavy artillery and gunfire throughout the night into Friday.

From Seattle Times

At Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese troops led by General Vo Nguyen Giap, surprised French forces with heavy artillery fire at their mountainous garrison in northwestern Vietnam.

From Seattle Times

Heavy artillery, moved to the front by rail and tractor and set up on reinforced beds, could demolish targets more than twenty-five miles away.

From Literature

But the advancing Germans, backed by heavy artillery, could not be stopped.

From Literature

Related Words

• howitzer
• mortar
• ordnance