medium artillery

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medium artillery

[′mē·dē·əm är′til·ə·rē]

(ordnance)

Artillery which includes guns of caliber greater than 105 millimeters but less than 155 millimeters, and howitzers of caliber greater than 105 millimeters but not greater than 155 millimeters.

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