cannoneers
Heavy weapons operators
Cannoneers are soldiers who operate cannons—the artillery crews responsible for loading, aiming, and firing these heavy weapons.
The term belongs to military history, when cannon crews were essential to siege warfare and naval battles: The cannoneers prepared to fire on the approaching fleet.
Modern usage is mostly historical or ceremonial.
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- gunnersThose who operate cannons
- bombardiersAircraft crew targeting bombs
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
fortification · ramparts · fieldpiece · howitzer · mortar · ordnance · garrison · barrage
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
musket · cavalry · infantry · battlefield · campaign · uniform · ranks · officer
Armed naval vessel
- broadsideFierce written assault
- deckShip's flat surface
- gunportWarship's weapon opening
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
galleon · man-of-war · fleet · sailors · captain · magazine · swivel · grapeshot
Gestural sign of honor
- honor guardMilitary tribute formation
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
anniversary · Independence Day · veteran · tradition · formal · regiment · precision · blanks
artillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- gunnersThose who operate cannons
- bombardiersAircraft crew targeting bombs
- batteryPortable electricity storage
siege · fortification · ramparts · fieldpiece · howitzer · mortar · ordnance · garrison · barrage · volley
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
- WaterlooCrushing, decisive defeat
redoubt · musket · cavalry · infantry · battlefield · campaign · uniform · ranks · officer · enlisted
warship
Armed naval vessel
frigate · galleon · man-of-war · fleet · sailors · captain · magazine · swivel · grapeshot · battle
salute
Gestural sign of honor
- honor guardMilitary tribute formation
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
memorial · anniversary · Independence Day · veteran · tradition · formal · regiment · precision · blanks · dignitary
- toy soldierstin soldier, tin soldiers, lead soldier, wooden soldier, nutcracker
- artilleryhowitzers, howitzer, mortars, artillery piece, artillery pieces
- coastal artillerycoastal batteries, gun emplacements, heavy ordnance, Fort Sumter, Fort McHenry
cannoneersinfantrymen
Ground combat soldiers
riflemen · foot soldiers · pikemen · swordsmen · musketeers
cannoneersshock troops
Elite offensive combat unit
skirmishers · swordsmen · commandos · pikemen