- a
heavy gun on a
carriage that
would retract behind a
parapet or into a
gunpit for reloading.
Barbettes were
primarily used in
coastal defences, but saw...
- CA: Presidio. Look up
firebase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
Gunpit -
Basic Layout The 2001
version of
Vietnam LZs, FBs, FSBs and
Camps Vietnam...
- 5
yards of the gun pit. When he
discovered that most of the men in this
gunpit were also wounded, he
completely disregarded his own injury,
directed their...
-
mounting was
installed on a
central cast-steel
pedestal in an open
concrete gunpit 35 feet (11 m) in
diameter and 11 feet (3.4 m) deep. The gun and mounting...
- The fort
consists of
almost a
hectare of buildings,
gunpits,
tunnels and
other structures embedded in a
pentagonal earth mound wall,
surrounded by a water-filled...
-
battalions relieved the
front line and
gained touch with the
Canadians in
Gunpit Trench and on the
right flank touch was
gained with the 50th
Division at...
-
Campbell Dixon) (1922), "Wells and his Work: Cartoonist's Rise to Fame from
Gunpit to Easel", The (Melbourne) Herald, (3 June 1922), p. 5. "A
Famous Cartoonist...
-
bangs Jackie heard,
footsteps in the tunnel,
muffled explosion,
shadow in
gunpit,
radio loses control in
north tunnel. Verdict: All the
investigators considered...
-
improvised barricades. On 10 May,
Middleton established heavily defended gunpits and
conducted a devastating, day-long s****ing of the town.
Attempted advances...
- Col. C. Wilson. They
manned four 15-pounder guns
mounted on the
concrete gunpits on
Durban Bluff which years previously had been
manned by the
Royal Naval...
