field gun
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6.8
- noun
- /fiːld ɡʌn/
- Specialized
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pieza de artillería de campaña
- An active corps had 24 field gun batteries, 12 per division, and 4 heavy howitzer batteries, but a reserve corps had only 12 field gun batteries, 6 per division.
- field gun batteries
Examples
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The commander ordered the troops to relocate the field gun closer to the enemy lines for better accuracy.
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Napoleon's field guns smash a small breach in the walls but are then overwhelmed by counter fire.
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"I had a little scrap myself with one of the Kaiser's field guns.
Fiction book (1992) -
Shrapnel rounds were the main ammunition for the field guns at the beginning, right.
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Land-based field guns are limited by the need to service the gun; rounds get heavier and heavier.
Blog text (21) -
The French 75 was a 75mm quick-firing field gun used widely by French forces in WWI.
Academic text (2014) -
But the Federal field guns could not hold their positions, not after the dismounted cavalrymen who protected them had been driven out of Rockville.
Fiction book (1992) -
The British army deployed several field guns to provide artillery support during the battle.
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During World War I, field guns were crucial in delivering direct fire support to front-line troops.
Synonyms
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A large gun with a short barrel that fires shells high to hit nearby targets
A large movable gun used on land in war and fired by soldiers
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a movable artillery piece used in the field' is directly and compositionally built from 'field' (the ground where fighting occurs) + 'gun' (a firearm/shell‑firing weapon). A B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it denotes a gun used on the battlefield; only specialist distinctions (e.g., excluding anti‑aircraft or formal artillery categories) require advanced knowledge.
Etymology
Field gun paints a simple picture: a gun used out on the field, the open ground where soldiers fight. Armies wanted lighter guns that could move with their troops and shoot directly at the enemy, so today field gun means a mobile heavy gun used near the front lines.