- Look up
turret in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Turret may
refer to:
Turret (architecture), a
small tower that
projects above the wall of a building...
- A gun
turret (or
simply turret) is a
mounting platform from
which weapons can be
fired that
affords protection,
visibility and
ability to turn and aim...
- The Tyne
Turrets were two 12-inch Mk VIII guns from the
battleship HMS Illustrious,
installed in
Roberts Battery at Hartley, near
Seaton Sluice north...
-
arose from the
turret's spherical housing. It was a
manned turret, as
distinct from remote-controlled
turrets also in use. The
turret held the gunner...
- An
oscillating turret is a form of
turret for
armoured fighting vehicles, both
tanks and
armoured cars. The
turret is
unusual in
being made of two hinged...
- A
turret punch or
turret press is a type of
punch press used for
metal forming by punching. Punching, and
press work in general, is a
process well suited...
- A
turret lathe is a form of
metalworking lathe that is used for
repetitive production of
duplicate parts,
which by the
nature of
their cutting process...
- A
turret gun is a type of multi-shot hand-held firearm. It is a
variation on the
percussion revolver,
designed with
chambers in a drum
mounted so it would...
- In electronics,
turret boards were an
early attempt at
making circuits that were
relatively rugged, producible, and
serviceable in the days
before printed...
- the Ball
Turret Gunner" is a five-line poem by
Randall Jarrell published in 1945. The poem is
about the
death of a
gunner in a
Sperry ball
turret on a World...
