Artillery

thumb|upright=1.35|US artillerymen test fire an [[M777 Lightweight 155-millimeter Howitzer at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms (2005)]]

artillery component

In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes spelled fuse) is the part of the device that initiates its function. In some applications, such as torpedoes, a fuze may be identified by function as the exploder. The relative complexity of even the earliest fuze designs can be seen in cutaway diagrams.

sundial equipped with a cannon which fires at noon

class of artillery designed to operate in direct support of infantry

thumb|right|250px|Leonardo da Vinci's pen and ink drawing of the Architonnerre/Architronito

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