emplacements
Fixed weapon sites
Emplacements are prepared positions where military weapons, especially heavy guns or artillery, are set up for use.
The term emphasizes both the physical platform and the strategic placement: The artillery emplacements overlooked the valley.
More broadly, emplacement can refer to any act of putting something firmly in position.
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
- bastionFortified defensive position
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
stronghold · parapet · fortress · blockhouse · earthwork · breastwork · revetment · gabion
Safeguarding land from sea-based threats
- seawallCoastal erosion barrier
- jettyStructure extending into water
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
- casemateFortified gun enclosure
torpedo tube · mine layer · boom · naval station · dockyard · anchorage
Carved-log canoe
- foxholeMilitary defensive excavation
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- coverProtect by overlaying
strongpoint · barbed wire · no man's land · parapet · traverse · revetment · duckboard · sap
Projectile-launching weapon
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- batteryPortable electricity storage
firing position · traverse · magazine · ammunition · ordnance · fieldpiece · sandbags · camouflage
Narrow passage limiting movement
- defensive lineBlockers facing the offense
- sectorDistinct division of whole
- salientNotably prominent
- flankSide of body
forward position · rear guard · outpost · observation post · line of fire · field of fire · kill zone · crossfire
bunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
- bastionFortified defensive position
- rampartFortified defensive wall
citadel · stronghold · parapet · fortress · blockhouse · earthwork · breastwork · revetment · gabion · barbican
coastal defense
Safeguarding land from sea-based threats
- seawallCoastal erosion barrier
- jettyStructure extending into water
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
casemate · torpedo tube · mine layer · boom · naval station · dockyard · anchorage
dugout
Carved-log canoe
- foxholeMilitary defensive excavation
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- sappingGradually draining vitality
cover · strongpoint · barbed wire · no man's land · parapet · traverse · revetment · duckboard · sap · listening post
gun
Projectile-launching weapon
battery · firing position · traverse · magazine · ammunition · ordnance · fieldpiece · sandbags · camouflage · range
chokepoint
Narrow passage limiting movement
- defensive lineBlockers facing the offense
- sectorDistinct division of whole
- salientNotably prominent
flank · forward position · rear guard · outpost · observation post · line of fire · field of fire · kill zone · crossfire · interdiction
- military engineeringengineers, combat engineer, combat engineers, sappers, sapper
- artillerycannons, cannon, howitzers, howitzer, mortars
- gun emplacementsFixed artillery installation sites