Mountain gun
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mountain-gun-307-13146704
title:
Mountain gun
text:
Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for mountain warfare and other areas where wheeled transport is not possible. They are generally capable of being taken apart to make smaller loads for transport by horses, humans, mules, tractors, or trucks. As such, they are sometimes called "pack guns" or "pack howitzers". During the American Civil War these small portable guns were widely used and were called "mountain howitzers". The first designs of modern breechloading mountain guns with recoil
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encyclopedia
description:
Artillery pieces designed for use in mountain warfare
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gun
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date modified:
2024-02-26T14:22:30Z
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