Artillery

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 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