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Royal Canadian Artillery firing shells from a field howitzer in Sicily in 1943. Mobile field artillery such as this was used extensively to support army divisions during World War II. Allied troops landed in Sicily in 1943 at the start of the liberation of Italy from German occupation.

Collective term for military firearms too heavy to be carried. Artillery can be mounted on tracks, wheels, ships, or aeroplanes and includes cannons and rocket launchers.



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