artillery corps
Heavy weapons unit
An artillery corps is a military unit specializing in large mounted firearms—cannons, howitzers, rocket launchers, and similar heavy weapons.
The term refers both to the branch of service and to specific organizational units within it: He served twenty years in the artillery corps.
Corps here indicates a body of troops with specialized function rather than a specific size designation.
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- big gunsInfluential, powerful people
- fire missionCommand to engage target
- artillerymanSoldier operating heavy weaponry
barrage · field gun · regiment · indirect fire · rolling barrage · redleg · forward observer · battery · limber · gunnery drills · gunner · mortar · ammunition depot · ordnance · headquarters · thunder · fusillade · shelling
military branch/combat role
artillery corpsinfantry
Ground combat troops
foot soldiers · infantry division · cavalry · armored corps · naval forces