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- large-calibre artillery | large-calibre artillery system | Large caliber artillery
- en
- Sainmhíniú "gun, howitzer, mortar, multiple-launch rocket system, or artillery piece combining the characteristics of a gun and a howitzer, capable of engaging surface targets by delivering primarily indirect fire, with a calibre of 75 millimetres and above" Tagairt "Council-Terminology Coordination, based on: - Chapter 3.2: Arms within the scope of the ATT (21.3.2025), ATT Monitor 2016, p. 79- Register of Conventional Arms (19.3.2025), Annex to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/36L, 3 January 1992"
- Nóta One of the most commonly used large-calibre artillery standards within NATO is the 155 mm calibre, in contrast to the Russian 152 mm standard. In 2022, Ukraine entered the war equipped with Soviet/Russian howitzers that employ 152 mm calibre ammunition, but it has gradually been receiving heavy artillery from NATO countries, which use the 155 mm calibre (for example, the United States’ M777 towed howitzer).
- artillerie de gros calibre | système d'artillerie de gros calibre
- fr
- Sainmhíniú canon, obusier, mortier ou système de lance-roquettes multiple, capable de prendre à partie de sobjectifs au sol, essentiellement par des tirs indirects, d'un calibre de 75 millimètres ou plus Tagairt "- Conseil-FR, d'après la résolution 46/36 de l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies (20.3.2025), Annexe, Registre des armes classiques, point 2. a), III"