User:Koakhtzvigad/Artillery-A

Contents 04012011

* 1 Overview * 2 Etymology * 3 History o 3.1 Middle Ages – first gunpowder artillery o 3.2 Early modern period – age of the smoothbores o 3.3 Modern era – age of rifled guns o 3.4 After the Second World War – age of precision * 4 Ammunition o 4.1 Fuzes o 4.2 Projectiles + 4.2.1 Projectile stabilization o 4.3 Propellant * 5 Field artillery system * 6 Classification of artillery o 6.1 Types of ordnance o 6.2 Types of use o 6.3 Organizational types o 6.4 Equipment types o 6.5 Caliber categories * 7 Modern operations o 7.1 Application of fire o 7.2 Counter-battery fire o 7.3 Field artillery team o 7.4 Time on Target o 7.5 MRSI o 7.6 Air burst * 8 See also * 9 References o 9.1 Notes o 9.2 Bibliography o 9.3 Further reading * 10 External links