The English word howitzer comes from the Czech word houfnice, from houf, 'crowd', and houf is in turn a borrowing from the Middle High German … See more

Early modern period
The first artillery identified as howitzers developed in the late 16th century as a medium-trajectory weapon between the low trajectory ( See more

• M114 155 mm howitzer, Brazil
• 38 cm siege howitzer, Austria Hungary 1916, in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
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• A self-propelled howitzer is mounted on a tracked or wheeled motor vehicle. In many cases, it is protected by some sort of armor so that it superficially resembles a tank. This armor is designed primarily to protect the crew from shrapnel and small arms fire, not anti … See more

• 12-inch coast defense mortar – American artillery
• 2B9 Vasilek – 1960s wheeled automatic 82 mm gun-mortar of Soviet origin
• List of howitzers
• Plunging fire – Indirect gunfire fired at a high angle trajectory … See more