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light artillery [′līt är′til·ə·rē] (ordnance) All guns and howitzers of 105-millimeter caliber (4.13-inch bore) or smaller. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With at least part of the light artillery problem solved, planners in Saigon attacked the Vietnamese long-range firepower weakness. Advanced outposts consisted of combined arms groupings of light artillery batteries, anti-tank guns, heavy machine guns, as well as observers for the heavy artillery in the rear of the main position. Some 133 years after the last shot was fired in the Civil War, the state of Illinois still maintains payroll records of the Lincoln Rifles, Chicago Zouaves and Peoria Light Artillery units. |
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