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Artillery
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), large calibre systems capable of engaging ground targets by delivering primarily indirect fire. Large calibre artillery systems are guns, howitzers, artillery pieces combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers, mortars, and multiple launch rocket systems with a calibre of 100 millimetres and above. Treatylimited piece of equipment under the CFE Treaty.
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