![]() The projectiles fired are typically either " shot" (if solid) or "shell" (if not solid). However, there is no generally recognized generic term for a gun, howitzer, mortar, and so forth: the United States uses "artillery piece", but most English-speaking armies use "gun" and "mortar". ![]() In common speech, the word "artillery" is often used to refer to individual devices, along with their accessories and fittings, although these assemblages are more properly called "equipment". Since the introduction of gunpowder and cannon, "artillery" has largely meant cannons, and in contemporary usage, usually refers to shell-firing guns, howitzers, mortars, and rocket artillery. Originally, the word "artillery" referred to any group of soldiers primarily armed with some form of manufactured weapon or armor. Soldiers of the Royal Artillery firing 105mm light howitzers during an exercise
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