light cannon

Some of the workers who sued had failed Union Pacific’s “light cannon” test but passed another vision test that has the approval of the Federal Railroad Administration.

He rescued another wounded American, then directed what the citation called “devastating fire” on a German light cannon.

Howitzer, how′its-ėr, n. a short, light cannon, used for throwing shells.

The fort was only protected by a palisade, and though it mounted a few light cannon, it was quite unable to withstand a bombardment.

We were only able to use two of our light cannon at any one time, on account of the difficult nature of the thickly-timbered land.