Definition of "assault gun" []

• An assault weapon. (noun)
• A turretless armored vehicle having the chassis of a tank but mounting a larger gun, used in antitank combat and infantry support. (noun)

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• "Among the replacements were six new Jagdpanthers, which had been destined for an assault gun company."
• "Major Dr. Bäke's 2nd Battalion received an assault gun company and a platoon of armored Pioniers."
• "Hofknecht saw that the three shots from Bix's cannon had struck the center of the bow of the assault gun and had penetrated about ten centimeters."