gun mounts
Artillery support structures
Gun mounts are the mechanical fixtures that secure guns to vehicles, vessels, aircraft, or fixed positions.
They typically allow the weapon to rotate, elevate, and depress for aiming: The destroyer's gun mounts were positioned fore and aft.
Mounts range from simple tripods for machine guns to complex turret systems for naval artillery.
- fire control systemsMechanisms directing weapon aim
- naval artilleryShipborne heavy weaponry
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- pivot pointsCenters of rotational movement
- shock absorbersDevices that reduce jolts