A firearm is a cannon that you can carry, as opposed to artillery so big and heavy that you need wheels to move it, or people to help you.
A giant crater on the ground was caused "almost certainly (by) air dropped munitions" as opposed to artillery or mortars, he said.
The heavy death toll underscored the large size of the attack, which the U.S. official said included about 500 opposing forces, backed by artillery, tanks, multiple-launch rocket systems and mortars.
In this dispatch, VICE News headed back to eastern Ukraine to see the effect this new escalation in the conflict is having on the innocent civilians, trapped between opposing barrages of deadly artillery fire with nowhere to go.
It is on a hill on the northern edge of Aleppo and overlooks much of the city, giving those who control it the ability to hit areas held by the opposing side with mortars and artillery.
Moreover, while he was supported by mechanised cavalry and 22 artillery pieces, the opposing French forces had tanks.
Journalists could also lose their civilian status in certain cases, such as relaying target coordinates for an artillery strike against opposing forces, the manual said.
So anyone spoiling for a fight with their proverbial racist uncle on this unusually tense Thanksgiving could be in for some unusually heavy artillery on the opposing side.
Charbonnier made his professional debut as a contributor to La Grosse Bertha (Big Bertha, after the German first world war artillery gun), a satirical weekly opposing the Gulf war of 1991.
The Canadians considered activities such as artillery spotting, and photography of opposing trench systems, troop movements and gun emplacements essential to continue their offensive.
The battle opened with several hours of skirmishing between opposing bands of arquebusiers and an ineffectual artillery exchange, after which d'Avalos ordered a general advance.
