Gun turret
A modern naval gun turret (A French 100 mm naval gun on the Maillé-Brézé pictured) allows firing of the cannons via remote control. Loading of ammunition is also often done by automatic mechanisms. A gun turret (or turret ) is a location from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility, and some cone of fire. A modern gun turret is generally a 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). Contents 1 Description 1.1 Cupolas 2 Warships 2.1 History 2.1.1 UK: first designs 2.1.2 United States: USS Monitor 2.1.3 Later designs 2.2 Layout 2.3 Wing turrets 2.4 Modern turrets 2.5 Turret identification 3 Aircraft 3.1 History 3.2 Layout 3.3 Gallery 4 Combat vehicles 4.1 History 4.2 Layout 5 Land fortifications 5.1 Gallery 6 See