artillery fire
Heavy gun assault
Artillery fire is the discharge of large-caliber guns—cannons, howitzers, mortars—typically by military forces.
The term covers both the act of firing and the projectiles themselves: The village was destroyed by artillery fire.
Artillery fire may be direct (aimed at visible targets) or indirect (lobbed over obstacles at unseen positions).
They called in artillery fire to support the advance.
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- heavy gunsLarge-caliber military weapons
- gunfireDischarge of weapons
- guns blazingAttacking with total aggression
- field gunPortable military cannon
mortar · barrage · rolling barrage · shelling · cannonade · bombardment · softening up · blast wave · shell craters · rocket launcher · psychological impact · cratering · siege warfare · incoming · preemptive strike · salvo · explosions · fusillade
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- war violencemassacre, bombardment, bombing, shelling, combat
- attacksattack, assault, raid, strike, offensive
- Fort SumterFort Sumter, Beauregard, bombardment, first shots, Charleston
- gunfireshoot, gunshot, gunfire, blast, report
artillery firerifle fire
Shots from long guns
hand-to-hand combat · close-quarters combat · melee combat · melee · unarmed combat
artillery firetaking cover
Seeking protective concealment
shield wall · fortification · evasive action · retreat · withdrawal