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Noun: gun turret
  1. A self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
    "The battleship's main gun turret could rotate 360 degrees";
    - gun enclosure, turret

Derived forms: gun turrets

Type of: platform, weapons platform

Part of: armored combat vehicle [US], armoured combat vehicle [Brit, Cdn], army tank, tank

Encyclopedia: Gun turret