Coastal defence and coastal fortification are measures taken to provide protection against military attack at or near a coastline, for example, fortifications and coastal artillery. Because an invadin
Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Ottoman fortification and redoubt of the Dardanelles Fortified Area Command during World War I
Suomenlinna, a sea fortress from 18th century in Helsinki, Finland
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Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.
Coastal defence and fortification
…fortification are measures taken to provide protection against military attack at or near a coastline (or other shoreline), for example, fortifications and coastal artillery. Because an invading enemy normally requires a port or harbour to sustain operations, such defences are usually concentrated around such facilities…
An Ottoman redoubt of the Dardanelles Fortified Area. The weapon is possibly a German-made 28 cm SK L/40 gun on a coast defense mount.
50-pounder Model 1811 Columbiad (7.25 inch or 184 mm bore) and center-pivot mounting designed by George Bomford as an experimental coastal defense gun. This gun was built in 1811 as a component of the Second System of US fortifications.
Japanese 11-inch howitzer firing; shell visible in flight
A model of site no. 4 Heliodor Laskowski's Artillery Battery No. 31 (XXXI)