Home›Artillery And Mortars›Introduced Era›By Century›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryThis dimension groups weapon systems by the era in which they were first introduced into service. Wikipedia notes that weapons have evolved from "simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons," a long evolution spanning every era of warfare. Browsing by introduced era lets a visitor compare weapon systems that entered service in the same period.Facts20th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1350 120th centuryFilter Results49 entriesWeapon Type or ClassAll152.4mm self-propelled howitzer (1)155 mm field gun (heavy towed field gun, nicknamed Long Tom) (1)Anti-aircraft autocannon (1)Anti-aircraft gun (1)Anti-tank recoilless gun (1)artillery piece (1)Autocannon (1)Automatic anti-aircraft gun (1)Chain gun autocannon (1)Field gun / gun-howitzer (1)Gas and incendiary trench mortar (1)heavy anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun (1)Light self-propelled gun (1)Long-range siege gun (1)Medium trench mortar (1)Mortar (1)Railway gun (1)recoilless anti-tank gun (1)Recoilless gun (2)Rocket artillery (1)Rocket launcher (1)self-propelled 120 mm mortar (1)Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (3)Self-propelled artillery (2)Self-propelled artillery gun (2)Self-propelled assault gun (1)Self-propelled gun (3)Self-propelled howitzer (6)Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher (1)Siege howitzer (1)Smoothbore muzzle-loading trench mortar (Stokes mortar) (1)Tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun (1)Towed 152mm gun-howitzer artillery piece (1)Towed 155 mm howitzer (1)Towed anti-aircraft gun (1)Towed field gun (1)Towed howitzer (1)CaliberAll105mm (1)120mm (1)122mm (4)14.5x114mm (1)152mm (2)155mm (11)170mm (1)175mm (1)203mm (2)20mm (1)210mm (1)23mm (1)30 × 173 mm cartridge (1)30mm (1)37mm (1)40mm (3)420mm (1)57mm (1)60mm (1)73mm (1)76.2×385 mm R (1)800mm (1)81mm (3.2 in) (1)82mm (2)87.6mm (2)90mm (2)95mm (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (22)Retired (23)OperatorAllBritish Army (5)French Armed Forces (1)Imperial Japanese Navy (1)Israeli Defense Forces (1)Luftwaffe (1)People's Liberation Army (1)Red Army (1)Russian Armed Forces (1)Russian Ground Forces (1)Soviet Armed Forces (1)Turkish Armed Forces (1)United States Armed Forces (1)United States Army (3)Wehrmacht (2)Wars Used InAllAngolan Civil War (3)Cambodian Civil War (6)Croatian War of Independence (1)Eritrean War of Independence (1)Eritrean-Ethiopian War (2)First Chechen War (3)First Indochina War (1)Gulf War (10)Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (1)Iran-Iraq War (13)Iraq War (8)Kargil War (1)Korean War (5)Kosovo War (1)Laotian Civil War (2)Nigerian Civil War (3)Ogaden War (1)Russo-Georgian War (4)Russo-Ukrainian War (14)Second Chechen War (4)Second Congo War (1)Second Sudanese Civil War (2)Sino-Indian War (1)Six-Day War (2)South African Border War (3)Soviet-Afghan War (8)Sri Lankan Civil War (1)Syrian Civil War (10)Vietnam War (11)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (3)World War I (5)World War II (13)Yom Kippur War (5)Yugoslav Wars (4)ManufacturerAllBAE Systems (1)BAE Systems AB (2)BAE Systems plc (1)Barrikady Production Association (1)Bofors (3)Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (1)Degtyarev plant (1)Denel (1)FMC Corporation (1)Friedrich Krupp AG (3)GAZ (1)General Motors (1)Hanwha Aerospace (1)Kharkiv Tractor Plant (1)KNDS France (1)Kovrov Machine-Gun Factory (1)Montreal Locomotive Works (1)Motovilikha Plants (2)Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant (2)Northrop Grumman Corporation (1)Oerlikon Rheinmetall Air Defence (1)Omsktransmash (1)Rheinmetall (2)Rheinmetall AG (1)Rock Island Arsenal (1)Royal Ordnance (1)Tulamashzavod (1)Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant (1)United Defense (2)Uraltransmash (1)Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (2)Zavod No. 9 (2)BrowseCompareSelect all 49152 mm gun-howitzer D-2020th century155 mm Gun M120th century17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer20th century25-Pounder Gun20th century2S1 Gvozdika20th century2S19 Msta-S20th century2S3 Akatsiya20th century2S7 Pion20th century2S9 Nona20th century3.7 cm Flak 18/36/3720th century90 mm gun M1/M2/M320th centuryAMX-30 AuF120th centuryAS-9020th centuryB-10 recoilless rifle20th centuryBig Bertha20th centuryBM-21 Grad20th centuryBofors 40 mm gun20th centuryBofors 40mm Gun20th centuryD-30 Howitzer20th centuryDavy Crockett (Nuclear Device)20th centuryFH7020th centuryG6 Rhino20th centuryISU-12220th centuryK9 Thunder20th centuryKatyusha Rocket Launcher20th centuryLivens Projector20th centuryM107 self-propelled gun20th centuryM109 howitzer20th centuryM109 Paladin20th centuryM119 Howitzer20th centuryM224 Mortar20th centuryM42 Duster20th centuryMk44 Bushmaster II20th centuryNebelwerfer20th centuryOerlikon 20 mm cannon20th centuryOrdnance QF 95 mm howitzer20th centuryPansarvarnspjas 111020th centuryParis Gun20th centuryPzH 200020th centuryRPG-220th centurySchwerer Gustav20th centurySexton (artillery)20th centurySPG-920th centuryStokes Mortar20th centurySU-7620th centuryZPU20th centuryZSU-23-4 Shilka20th centuryZSU-57-220th centuryZuzana (howitzer)20th centurySources1. Wikipedia: Artillerytier 2WikipediaArtillery, Invention of gunpowder sectionQuote, Artillery, Invention of gunpowder sectionEarly Chinese artillery had vase-like shapes. This includes the "long range awe inspiring" cannon dated from 1350View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.