artillery unit

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artillery unit - an army unit that uses big guns

army unit - a military unit that is part of an army

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

battery - group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

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12 (Saba) - The artillery unit of the army and popular forces carried out during the escalation operation in the province of Hodeida, more than 1,400 targeting the mercenary gatherings of the USU-backed Saudi-led aggression coalition in the west coast.

At least army launches 1451 targeting operation against coalition's invaders in west coast : Report

Three Indian soldiers were killed in a terror attack Tuesday at an army artillery unit in the town of Nagrota near Jammu in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, just about 12 miles from the country's border with Pakistan.

3 Indian Soldiers Killed In Militant Attack

The plan calls for moving the artillery unit of the 3rd Marine Division's 12th Marine Regiment to the GSDF Yausubetsu Training Range in eastern Hokkaido.

LEAD: U.S. eyes moving some Marines in Okinawa to Hokkaido

With multiple conversions to investment castings, the M777 is the only artillery unit that uses titanium as a major structural material.

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[12/November/2018] SANAA, Nov 12 (Saba) -- The artillery unit of the army and popular forces carried out thousand and 451 attack targeted the invaders and mercenaries' troops during the aggression last escalation in the western coast, according to reports of military media combined by Saba on Monday.

Army artillery unit carries out thousand, 451 attack during recent escalation in western coast

2 (Saba) -- Artillery unit of the defense ministry said that the unit killed at least 267, wounded 407 Saudi army and its mercenaries and destroyed 41 military vehicles over the past month in several battle fronts, in a statement obtained by Saba on Sunday.

Report :Saudi-paid mercenaries 674 killed, injured in several battle fronts over August

Also in Jizan, the artillery unit hit the Saudi-paid mercenaries gatherings in Mashal site and al-Sawdah center, destroying two machine guns, killing its crew with guided missiles near al-Dod mountain.

Report: Army launches missile attacks on Saudi-led mercenaries over past 24 hours

8 (Saba) -- Army`s artillery unit killed Saudi-paid mercenary commander Abdulrab al-Shaddadi in Marib province, a military official told Saba on Saturday.