• 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    M60 tank (redirect from M60A1 turret)
    progressive turret design scheme during its production life with four different turrets being manufactured for the M60-series. The T95E5 turret used on the...
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    19 April 1989, an explosion occurred within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise...
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    The Sharpshooter Turret was developed by BAE Systems (FMC and later United Defense) in 1980. In 1995–1997 it was updated for production by BAE Systems...
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    by the firm. Two turret designs were used in production vehicles. The initial design is often misleadingly called the "Porsche" turret due to the misbelief...
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    Loch Turret is a large freshwater reservoir on a north-east to south-west orientation, that is located at the head of Glen Turret and 5.39 miles (8.67 km)...
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  • 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...
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    The Meeting on the Turret Stairs (or Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs) is a watercolour painting of 1864 by Frederic William Burton...
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    The Falcon Turret is a low-profile main battle tank turret under development by King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau in Jordan, with technical...
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    In electronics, turret boards were an early attempt at making circuits that were relatively rugged, producible, and serviceable in the days before printed...
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    The Rose turret (sometimes known as the Rose-Rice turret) was a gun turret fitted to the rear position of some British Avro Lancaster heavy bombers in...
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  • The Turret (60°40′S 45°9′W / 60.667°S 45.150°W / -60.667; -45.150) is a conspicuous rocky headland, 460 m high, at the south side of the entrance to...
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    A turret clock or tower clock is a clock designed to be mounted high in the wall of a building, usually in a clock tower, in public buildings such as churches...
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    Turret ships were a 19th-century type of warship, the earliest to have their guns mounted in a revolving gun turret, instead of a broadside arrangement...
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    ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached before the testing grounds were captured by...
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    Bumerang-BM (Russian: Бумеранг-БМ) or DUBM-30 Epoch is a remotely controlled turret for the T-15 Armata heavy IFV, Kurganets-25 and Bumerang platforms. It was...
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    The Shturm turret is a remotely controlled turret, developed in Ukraine, for light armored vehicles. The turret adds 1,300 kilograms (2,900 lb) to a vehicle's...
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    Turret Arch is a natural free standing arch in the Windows area of Arches National Park, Utah, United States. Turret Arch, along with Double Arch, form...
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  • A trading turret or dealer board is a specialized telephony key system that is generally used by financial traders on their trading desks. Trading has...
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    Gun-Laying Turret A radar-aimed and ranged gun turret fitted to some Lancaster rear turrets in 1944. Identifiable by a radome mounted below the turret. Airborne...
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  • Turret Peak may refer to: Turret Peak (Antarctica) in Antarctica Turret Peak (Colorado) in Colorado in the United States Turret Peak (Wyoming) in Wyoming...
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    Panther tank (section Turret)
    T-34 in its hull and turret and was also to be powered by a diesel engine. It was driven from the rear drive sprocket with the turret situated forward. The...
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