gun carriage
Wheeled cannon base
A gun carriage is the wheeled frame or mounting that supports a cannon or artillery piece, allowing it to be aimed and absorbing recoil when fired.
Historical gun carriages were wooden with large wheels for transport across battlefields; modern ones are steel and often incorporate hydraulic systems.
The cannon sat on its original 18th-century gun carriage.
Bending without resistance
- caissonWatertight underwater enclosure
- wheelsCircular rotation devices
- axleShaft for wheel rotation
- trunnionCylindrical mounting pivot
cascabel · breech · muzzle · chassis · traverse · spokes · tongue · pintle
Large mounted gun
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- field gunPortable military cannon
- culverinHistorical long-range cannon
falconet · saker · minion · siege gun · naval gun · breech-loader · muzzle-loader · ordnance
Combat engagement area
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- emplacementPrepared weapon position
- garrisonStationed military force
barrage · volley · bombardment · entrenchment · redoubt · rampart · bastion · firing line
limber
Bending without resistance
trunnion · cascabel · breech · muzzle · chassis · traverse · spokes · tongue · pintle · cheeks
cannon
Large mounted gun
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- field gunPortable military cannon
culverin · falconet · saker · minion · siege gun · naval gun · breech-loader · muzzle-loader · ordnance · battery
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- emplacementPrepared weapon position
garrison · barrage · volley · bombardment · entrenchment · redoubt · rampart · bastion · firing line · gun pit
transport
Moving things between places
traction · deploy · maneuver · position · advance · retreat · horses · team · drivers · unlimber
- ceremonial vehicleshearse, state coach, golden coach, royal coach, presidential limo
- artillerycannons, cannon, howitzers, howitzer, mortars
- carriagesbuggy, phaeton, barouche, brougham, landau
- gun partsbarrel, barrels, trigger, triggers, bolt
- gunneryaiming, cannon, firing, ballistics, ordnance
- light artilleryhowitzer, mortar, field gun, cannon