Contents 04012011

   * 1 Overview
   * 2 Etymology
   * 3 History
         o 3.1 Middle Ages – first gunpowder artillery
         o 3.2 Early modern period – age of the smoothbores
         o 3.3 Modern era – age of rifled guns
         o 3.4 After the Second World War – age of precision
   * 4 Ammunition
         o 4.1 Fuzes
         o 4.2 Projectiles
               + 4.2.1 Projectile stabilization
         o 4.3 Propellant
   * 5 Field artillery system
   * 6 Classification of artillery
         o 6.1 Types of ordnance
         o 6.2 Types of use
         o 6.3 Organizational types
         o 6.4 Equipment types
         o 6.5 Caliber categories
   * 7 Modern operations
         o 7.1 Application of fire
         o 7.2 Counter-battery fire
         o 7.3 Field artillery team
         o 7.4 Time on Target
         o 7.5 MRSI
         o 7.6 Air burst
   * 8 See also
   * 9 References
         o 9.1 Notes
         o 9.2 Bibliography
         o 9.3 Further reading
   * 10 External links