Gun turret
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A gun turret is a mounting platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and ability to turn and aim. A modern gun turret is generally a rotatable 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.
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.
The commander's cupola of a Conqueror tank with a machine gun
BEP vignette In the Turret (engraved before 1863).
HMS Captain was one of the first ocean-going turret ships
Weapon mount
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A weapon mount is an assembly or mechanism used to hold a weapon onto a platform in order for it to function at maximum capacity. Weapon mounts can be broken down into two categories: static mounts and non-static mounts.
Casemate-mounted 5"/50 caliber gun on the USS North Dakota (BB-29)
A swivel gun mounted on the American topsail schooner Lynx.
Maxim gun mount type PS-31 from pillbox No. 186 of the Kiev Fortified Region. The mount includes elements of the machine gun cooling system.
M198 Howitzer, an example of a wheeled split-trail carriage mount.