A small turret, or sub-turret on a larger one, is called a cupola.
They may be manned or remotely controlled. Turrets are typically used to mount machine guns, autocannons or large- calibre guns. If it has no gunhouse it is a barbette, if it has no barbette (ie, it is mounted to the outside of the vehicle's armour) it is an installation. A gun turret protects the crew or mechanism of a weapon and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired in many directions.Ī turret is a rotating weapon platform, strictly one that crosses the armour of whatever it is mounted on with a structure called a barbette (on ships) or basket (on tanks) and has a protective structure on top (gunhouse).
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