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[[Image:SU-85.jpg |thumb|right| | [[Image:SU-85.jpg |thumb|right|Soviet SU-85 Self Propelled Artillery Vehicle]] | ||
'''Artillery''' weapons are designed to launch projectiles at distant targets, using a high-arcing trajectory to shoot over intervening obstacles. Artillery weapons can be [[cannon]]s or [[rocket]]-propelled warheads. Artillery weapons are typically deployed in substantial numbers, allowing them to saturate large areas of a battlefield with explosive ordinance. Proper use of artillery requires a forward observer of some kind to locate targets and relay information about their position and movements to the weapon operators. | '''Artillery''' weapons are designed to launch projectiles at distant targets, using a high-arcing trajectory to shoot over intervening obstacles. Artillery weapons can be [[cannon]]s or [[rocket]]-propelled warheads. Artillery weapons are typically deployed in substantial numbers, allowing them to saturate large areas of a battlefield with explosive ordinance. Proper use of artillery requires a forward observer of some kind to locate targets and relay information about their position and movements to the weapon operators. | ||
== Artillery in Science Fiction == | == Artillery in Science Fiction == | ||
*In [[Warhammer 40,000]] the Basilisk Artillery Cannon and [[Tau]] Skyray Gunships | *In [[Warhammer 40,000]] the Basilisk Artillery Cannon and [[Tau]] Skyray Gunships | ||
*Separatist "Defoliator" artillery cannon from ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' | |||
[[Category: Real Technology]] | [[Category: Real Technology]] | ||
[[Category:Military]] | [[Category:Military]] | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 26 September 2014
Artillery weapons are designed to launch projectiles at distant targets, using a high-arcing trajectory to shoot over intervening obstacles. Artillery weapons can be cannons or rocket-propelled warheads. Artillery weapons are typically deployed in substantial numbers, allowing them to saturate large areas of a battlefield with explosive ordinance. Proper use of artillery requires a forward observer of some kind to locate targets and relay information about their position and movements to the weapon operators.
Artillery in Science Fiction
- In Warhammer 40,000 the Basilisk Artillery Cannon and Tau Skyray Gunships
- Separatist "Defoliator" artillery cannon from Star Wars: The Clone Wars