See also:

• HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the French forms obus = shell and obusier = howitzer)

HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = See also:

• CATAPULT (Lat. catapulta, Gr. KaraafXrfls)

catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French forms obus = See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell and obusier = howitzer)  , a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• MOBILE

mobile See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance in use from the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century up to the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . It is a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and therefore comparatively See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• GUN

gun, which fires a heavy projectile at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low velocity . A high See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation is always given and the angle of descent of the projectile is consequently steep (up to 70°) . On this fact is based the See also:

• TACTICAL

tactical use of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the French forms obus = shell and obusier = howitzer)

howitzer . The See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field howitzer is of the greatest value for " searching " trenches, folds of ground, localities, &c., which are invulnerable to See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, while the more powerful See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege howitzer has, since the introduction of modern See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery and, above all, of modern projectiles, taken the foremost See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place amongst the weapons used in siege warfare . See ARTILLERY, ORDNANCE and FORTIFICATION AND SIEGECRAFT .