infantry gun

Infantry support guns or battalion guns are artillery weapons designed and used to increase the firepower of the infantry units they are intrinsic to, offering immediate tactical response to the needs of the unit's commanding officer. They typically have short, low-velocity barrels, and light construction carriages, allowing them to be more easily manoeuvered on the battlefield. They are generally used for direct fire, rather than the indirect fire of other types of artillery. Their role has generally been replaced by tanks using tank guns, infantry fighting vehicles using autocannons, other combat vehicles, mortars, recoilless rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and shoulder-launched missiles.

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battalion gun; infantry support gun
field gun, 
Cannone da 47/32 M35, field gun, OB-25, QF 95 mm infantry howitzer, SU-1, weapon functional class, 

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  Cannone da 47/32 M35 ⓘ
  type of infantry gun / anti-tank gun

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  QF 95 mm infantry howitzer ⓘ
  British infantry artillery

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  SU-1 ⓘ
  type of infantry gun

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  OB-25 ⓘ
  1940s towed 76 mm infantry gun of Soviet origin

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Infanteriegeschütz-Stellung an der Piave. 2.-5.18. (BildID 15617816)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		Cannone da 47/32 M35	anti-tank cannon, infantry gun	Wikidata
class	weapon		QF 95 mm infantry howitzer	infantry gun, QF 95 mm howitzer	Wikidata
class	weapon		SU-1	infantry gun	Wikidata
class	weapon	1943	OB-25	76 mm gun, towed artillery piece, infantry gun	Wikidata
commons	image		Infanteriegeschütz-Stellung an der Piave. 2.-5.18. (BildID 15617816)		Commons