Sentence examples for towed guns from inspiring English sources

Consisting of small motors that drove the wheels of towed guns, this permitted the gun to be moved from its firing position to a concealed or alternative position without calling up the towing vehicle.

Its main roles were as a prime mover for heavy towed guns such as the 21 cm Mörser 18, the 15 cm Kanone 18 and the 10.5 cm FlaK 38.

The Army's artillery holdings consist of 109 L119 Hamel 105 mm calibre towed guns, 36 155 mm towed M198 howitzers, an unspecified number of 81 mm mortars and 30 RBS-70 surface-to-air missiles.

This included not only small arms fire and the previously used 23mm, 37mm and 57mm towed guns, but the 85mm and 100mm towed guns, along with the self-propelled, radar-guided 57mm AAA gun.

Its main role was as a prime mover for small towed guns such as the 2 cm FlaK 30, the 7.5 cm leIG, or the 3.7 cm PaK 36 anti-tank gun.

Its members wore a panther patch on their uniforms as their towed antitank guns, later replaced by self-propelled tracked vehicles, moved from Marseille up the Rhone Valley to fight Hitler's forces through the Vosges and Alsace into southern Germany and the Austrian Alps.

Some types functioned as armoured personnel carriers, while others were used to carry ammunition and tow guns.

Having no transport other them a small number of Jeeps, mostly to tow their artillery guns, the brigade commandeered several trucks, tractors, buses and horse-drawn wagons and was in place within twenty-four hours.

It could carry eight troops in addition to towing a gun or trailer.

In the 8 km area between the Cam Lo Bridge and Dong Ha Bridge, they were supported by two tank regiments of 150 of the Soviet T-54 and PT-76 tanks, 75 tracked anti-aircraft vehicles, an artillery regiment of 47 towed 130mm guns, and the largest concentration of anti-aircraft weaponry of the entire war, including the advanced SA-2 surface-to-air missile.

Later in 1941, more sophisticated weapons were made available such as the Blacker Bombard anti-tank weapon, the Northover Projector (a black-powder mortar), and the Smith Gun (a small artillery gun that could be towed by a private motorcar).