artillery
weapon intended primarily to launch long-range projectiles
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Summary
artillery is a weapon type[1]. artillery ranks in the top 5% of weapon type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,804 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: projectile weapon[3]
- Commons category: Artillery[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Artillery[5]
- Commons gallery: Artillery[6]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], The New Student's Reference Work[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14]
- Partially coincident with: mounted gun[15]
- Used by: artillery branch[16]
- Different from: artillery branch[17]
- Has part(s) of the class: military equipment[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for artillery include Imam Khomeini Square[20], a square[21], in Iran[22], founded in 1867[23].
Why It Matters
artillery has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] artillery is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Entities named for artillery include Imam Khomeini Square[20], a square[21], in Iran[22], founded in 1867[23].