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Encyclopedia: Turret

In architecture, a turret (from Italian: torretta, little tower; Latin: turris, tower) is a small tower that projects from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of military fortification. As their military use faded, turrets were adopted for decorative purposes, as in the Scottish baronial style.

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Tourelle

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Altocumulus Castellanus

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Curwood Castle

Curwood Castle The Curwood Castle is located in Owosso, Michigan. Built in 1922, the castle was home to author James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927) who used one of the turrets as a writing studio. It is now a museum...

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SdKfz 222

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Serpent (SoA)

A powerful modified battleship of the Valuan Armada. Serpent is the flagship of Lord Admiral Galcian until she's replaced late in the game with the Sky Fortress Hydra. Serpent has a forward battery of three heavy two-gun turrets and a single lighter one-gun turret, a broadside of eight light guns...

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250 metre class warship

no fewer than three twin and one single main beam gun turret, several twin secondary beam gun turrets.... Specifications Length: 250 metres Armament: twin beam gun turret x3, beam gun turret x1, twin secondary beam gun turret x4, torpedo launcher x6, 8-cell VLS x1 Mobile Weapon complement: 4 Mobile Armors Ships of...

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AMOS

Firing sector ± 360° Elevation range -3° to +85° Turret crew 2+1 Mortars 2x120 mm AMOS (Advanced MOrtar System) is a twin barrelled (having two barrels), breech loaded mortar turret...

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Coaxial

machine gun or similar weapon mounted in a fixed orientation in the turret, immediately adjacent to... by rotating the turret and elevating or depressing the main gun...

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Pensacola class cruiser

The Pensacola class of United States Navy cruisers were the first "treaty cruisers", designed under the limitations set by the Washington Naval Treaty. Their main armament consisted of 10 8-inch (203 mm) guns, in two twin turrets on the main deck, and two triple turrets two decks above, a somewhat...

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Tankette

A tankette was a small tank, with a crew of 2 (there were prototypes with one-man crew). It usually had no turret, or if it did, it was traversed by hand. It was armed with 1 or 2 machineguns, or... rotating turret...

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Bayern class battleship

four turrets...

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