gun emplacement
Fortified firing platform
A gun emplacement is a prepared position for mounting artillery or heavy weapons, typically fortified with earthworks, concrete, or sandbags.
The term appears in military contexts describing defensive installations: The coastal gun emplacements dated from World War II.
Emplacements provide protection for the weapon and its crew while allowing a field of fire.
- pillboxSmall defensive emplacement
- machine gun nestFortified automatic weapon position
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- concrete bunkerReinforced defensive shelter
barbette · casemate · gun pit · battery · firing position · artillery · heavy artillery · revetment · embrasure · field of fire · glacis · coastal defense · blockhouse · fortification · bastion · fixed position · shell · rampart
mobility
gun emplacementmobile unit
Transportable operational group
armored vehicle · tank · cavalry · technical · assault gun