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  • noun An artillery piece, originally a smaller gun that could accompany a field army on the march and when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances.

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  • noun movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)

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