T-35
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The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited service with the Red Army. Often called a land battleship, it was the only five-turreted heavy tank in the world to reach production, but proved to be slow and mechanically unreliable. Most of the T-35 tanks still operational at the time of Operation Barbarossa were lost due to mechanical failure rather than enemy action. It was designed to complement the contemporary T-28 medium tank; however, very few were built.
T-35B tank of 1934-35 production series, date unknown
Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov depicted saluting a military parade in Red Square with T-35 featured.
German troops posing on a captured T-35, unknown date. The impressive size of this tank made it an object of interest to the pursuing German personnel and the tank was frequently photographed.
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