C3 105 mm howitzer
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The C3 105 mm howitzer is a Canadian light towed artillery piece used primarily for indirect fire support by the Canadian Army and allied forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C3 105 mm howitzer canonical | 2 |
| C3 howitzer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8236524 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C3 105 mm howitzer Context triple: [Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, hasEquipment, C3 105 mm howitzer]
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A.
G5 howitzer
The G5 howitzer is a South African-designed 155 mm towed artillery gun known for its long range, accuracy, and extensive use in modern field artillery roles.
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B.
L11 155 mm howitzer
The L11 155 mm howitzer is a British-designed towed artillery piece known for its long-range fire support capabilities and use by several NATO-aligned armed forces during the Cold War era.
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C.
G6 howitzer
The G6 howitzer is a South African self-propelled 155 mm artillery system known for its long-range firepower, mobility, and armored protection.
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D.
Wespe self-propelled howitzer
The Wespe self-propelled howitzer was a German World War II artillery vehicle that mounted a 105 mm howitzer on a modified light tank chassis to provide mobile fire support for armored units.
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E.
CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
The CAESAR self-propelled howitzer is a French 155 mm truck-mounted artillery system known for its high mobility, long-range precision fire, and widespread use in modern armies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C3 105 mm howitzer Target entity description: The C3 105 mm howitzer is a Canadian light towed artillery piece used primarily for indirect fire support by the Canadian Army and allied forces.
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A.
G5 howitzer
The G5 howitzer is a South African-designed 155 mm towed artillery gun known for its long range, accuracy, and extensive use in modern field artillery roles.
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B.
L11 155 mm howitzer
The L11 155 mm howitzer is a British-designed towed artillery piece known for its long-range fire support capabilities and use by several NATO-aligned armed forces during the Cold War era.
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C.
G6 howitzer
The G6 howitzer is a South African self-propelled 155 mm artillery system known for its long-range firepower, mobility, and armored protection.
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D.
Wespe self-propelled howitzer
The Wespe self-propelled howitzer was a German World War II artillery vehicle that mounted a 105 mm howitzer on a modified light tank chassis to provide mobile fire support for armored units.
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E.
CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
The CAESAR self-propelled howitzer is a French 155 mm truck-mounted artillery system known for its high mobility, long-range precision fire, and widespread use in modern armies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
field artillery piece
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towed howitzer ⓘ |
| artilleryClass | howitzer ⓘ |
| caliber | 105 mm ⓘ |
| category | military equipment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| crewType | artillery crew ⓘ |
| deployment | towed by vehicle ⓘ |
| designedFor |
field artillery role
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support of armored units ⓘ support of infantry units ⓘ |
| fireSupportRole | indirect fire ⓘ |
| firingMode | indirect fire ⓘ |
| mobility | towed ⓘ |
| munitionType | 105 mm artillery shells ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Canadian Army ⓘ |
| role | support weapon ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | land forces ⓘ |
| standardCaliber | 105 mm NATO ⓘ |
| type | light artillery ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Canadian Army
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allied forces ⓘ |
| usedFor | indirect fire support ⓘ |
| usedIn |
field operations
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training exercises ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: C3 105 mm howitzer Description of subject: The C3 105 mm howitzer is a Canadian light towed artillery piece used primarily for indirect fire support by the Canadian Army and allied forces.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: C3 105 mm howitzer