Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Self-propelled artillery vehicles mount a large howitzer and are used for long-range indirect bombardment support. Though lightly armored, and sometimes equipped with machine guns, they are not designed for direct-fire combat. They usually count as armoured fighting vehicles if they possess some kind of shrapnel protection for the crews. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.