Types
- Field guns - capable of long range fire
- Gun howitzers - capable of high or low angle fire with a long barrel
- Howitzers - capable of high angle fire
- Infantry support guns - directly support infantry units (mostly obsolete)
- Mortars - lightweight weapons that fire projectiles at an angle of over 45 degrees to the horizontal
- Mountain guns - lightweight weapons that can be moved through difficult terrain
- Multiple rocket launchers - Mobile rocket artillery Launchers
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