| has gloss | eng: Infantry support guns are artillery weapons designed and used to enhance fire power of infantry units they are intrinsic to, offering immediate tactical response to the needs of the unit's commanding officer. The designs are typically with short low velocity barrels, and light construction carriages allowing them to be more easily manoeuvred on the battlefield. Very few support guns are still in service with infantry units, their roles largely replaced in part by the grenade launchers and for the most part by the light anti-tank weapons and heavier wire-guided missiles in engaging point targets such as structures. Pack guns are similar in concept, but specifically refer to those guns that are meant to be disassembled into parts for movement, and are synonymous with mountain guns as infantry support weapons designed for use during mountain combat. Airborne guns are those designed for use by paratroopers, and generally reflect similar design features of portability and lighter weight when compared to field artillery. |
| lexicalization | eng: Infantry guns |
| lexicalization | eng: infantry support gun |
| subclass of | (noun) an army unit that uses big guns
artillery unit, artillery |
| has instance | e/7.5 cm Infanteriegeschutz 37 |
| has instance | e/7.5 cm Infanteriegeschutz 42 |
| has instance | e/Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modele 1916 TRP |
| has instance | e/Canon de 76 FRC |
| has instance | e/Grasshopper cannon |
| has instance | e/List of infantry guns |
| has instance | e/M3 howitzer |
| has instance | e/Type 11 37mm Infantry Gun |
| has instance | e/Type 94 75mm Mountain Gun |
| has instance | e/ja/狙撃砲 |
| has instance | c/pl/Samobieżne działa piechoty |
