Arms and Armour

Gun turret

A gun turret (or simply turret) is a mounting platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and the ability to turn and aim. A modern gun turret is generally a rotatable weapon mount that houses the crew or mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired in some degree of azimuth and elevation (cone of fire).

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See also

• ▸Entrenchment (fortification)
• ▸Collinder catalogue
• ▸Famagusta

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