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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
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Subject: Re: hi angle clarification
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Date: 17 Apr 91 18:40:28 GMT
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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)


>a GUN is a direct fire weapon
>a HOWITZER is a direct and indirect fire weapon that fires
>	both low and high angle
>a MORTAR is an indirect fire weapon that fires high angle only

So, how do you classify the Soviet 152mm Gun-Howitzer?

And, I believe the old 175mm Artillery piece was a "gun" not a
howitzer.  

mts