shān
pào

technical
noun

Meaning of 山炮

山炮 means mountain howitzer; lightweight pack artillery for mountain warfare. Pronounced shān pào.

  • mountain howitzer; lightweight pack artillery for mountain warfare

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zuò
jūn
shì
guǎn
chén
liè
zhe
mén
shí
jiǔ
shì
de
shān
pào
 

This military museum displays a 19th-century mountain howitzer.

Shān
pào
de
zhòng
liàng
jiào
qīng
 
néng
xùn
fēn
jiě
jié
 
biàn便
luó
bān
yùn
 

Mountain howitzers are relatively light in weight, can be quickly disassembled and reassembled, and are easy to transport by mule and horse.

Suí
zhe
zhí
shēng
qīng
xíng
zhuāng
jiǎ
chē
de
zhǎn
 
chuán
tǒng
de
shān
pào
xiàn
zhú
jiàn
táo
tài
 

With the development of helicopters and light armored vehicles, traditional mountain howitzers have gradually been phased out.

Measure Words

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