howitzer

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I think that's because it's really hard to rob a bank with a howitzer.

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a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

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noun

a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

Definitions

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noun

a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

Example sentences

I think that's because it's really hard to rob a bank with a howitzer.

In performance tuning terms, that's often the equivalent of swatting flies with a howitzer.

HST staff = extensive peer-reviewed published papers, or experience with a 105mm howitzer.

Had the baby been awake, of course a 120mm howitzer shell would have done a better job of ensuring the safety of the brave officers from this dangerous infant.

Dumb peasant Ivan can confuse 120mm howitzer with mortar with tank round--better to just have different calibers and avoid that entire logistics problem entirely!Mortars can be made of steel and rifled, and have twice the accuracy: can we use those?

However, you might want to consider the disparity between the individual and the state here; just as a handgun is a more suitable weapon for an individual than a howitzer, the quantitative impact for something to qualify as a WMD would be scaled up accordingly.