heavy guns
Large military weapons
Heavy guns are large-caliber firearms or artillery pieces, typically mounted rather than hand-held, used in military contexts for their destructive power against fortified positions, vehicles, or ships.
The phrase also works figuratively to describe powerful resources or influential people brought in to handle a difficult situation: Management called in the heavy guns to close the deal.
Someone described as a heavy gun carries significant authority or expertise.
- bombardsAttacks with heavy fire
- ballistaAncient projectile siege engine
- caliberBore diameter or quality
- recoilless rifleGun venting propellant rearward
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
trebuchet · cannon · mortar · rolling barrage · fire support · breech-loader · muzzle-loader · Big Bertha · barrel length · long range · firing pin · rifling · muzzle velocity · firepower · pack a punch · coastal defense · battery · bombardment
- naval weaponstorpedo, cannon, naval mines, torpedoes, depth charge