artillery (artileri)

[ With toures suche as have castiles and other maner edifices, and armure, and artilries. Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus. In particular-2t. Engines for discharging mi iles, as catapults, bows, cro bows, slings, etc. And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. 1 Sam. xx. 40. The Parthians, having all their hope in artillery , overcame the Romans oftener than the Romans them. Ascham . 3. In modern use, properly, all firearms discharged from carriages, in contradistinction to small arms, which are discharged from the hand; cannon; ordnance. Guns, howitzers, and mortars are the three kinds of artillery employed in the land service of the United States. They are cla ified as light and heavy artillery , according to their character, and as field , siege , and sea - coast artillery , according to their principal use. See phrases below. Hence-4. The particular troops employed in the service of such firearms.-5. The science which treats of the use and management of ordnance.- Artillery fire. See fire. - Field-artillery. Same as light artillery, but often used specifically for foot artillery, the heaviest cla of field-artillery. - Flying artillery, artillery designed for very rapid evolutions, the gunners being either all mounted or accustomed to ride upon the ammunition-chests when the pieces are to be dragged from one part of the field to another.- Foot-artillery, field-artillery which is served by artillerymen on foot, as distinguished from horse-artillery. It is used in connection with infantry. - Heavy artillery, all artillery not formed into batteries or equipped for field evolutions; it is divided into siege and sea - coast artillery. - Horse-artillery, light field or machine-guns, of which the cannoneers in manœuvering or marching are mounted on horseback. It generally accompanies cavalry. Light artillery, artillery for service in the field. It is organized into batteries, and is armed with guns of different calibers according to its special function, and with machine. guns, and includes flying artillery, foot or field-artillery, horse-artillery, and mountain-artillery. Also called field artillery.-Mountain-artillery, light artillery of small caliber, used in mountain warfare, and mounted either on light carriages or on pack-animals for transportation. Park of artillery. See park. Royal regiment of artillery, a collective nanie for the whole of the artillery a number of brigades, which in respect of size would correspond with the regiments into which the other forces are divided. Sea-coast artillery, artillery consisting of guns of the heaviest caliber, used for the armament of permanent works, chiefly on the sea-coast. Their carriages do not subserve the purpose of transportation. Four distinct systems of mounting are used with such artillery, name