Usually means: Large-caliber guns for bombardment.
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  1. heavy artillery: Merriam-Webster
  2. heavy artillery: Wordnik
  3. heavy artillery: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. Heavy artillery, heavy artillery: Dictionary.com
  5. Heavy artillery: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. heavy artillery: FreeDictionary.org
  7. heavy artillery: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. heavy artillery: Wiktionary

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  1. heavy artillery: Encyclopedia

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  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (heavy artillery)

noun:  (military) Large and powerful artillery, often large-caliber and large-distance.
noun:  (figuratively) The most powerful means that can be used to carry out something.

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