While wikiwandering this morning, I was made aware of the distinction between actual rotating-drum turrets and the armored gunhouses atop fixed barbettes that we term "turrets" on modern ships. I had previously gleaned the fact that there was a distinction, inferring it from various readings on big boats with guns, but it had never been spelled out for me before.
I doubt this question will be on the final exam, but I am oddly satisfied to have acquired the tidbit of information nonetheless.
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Still a wee bit confused...but interesting reading regardless.
There is a similar distinction between tanks and self-propelled howitzers. The turret on a tank has a floor that turns with it. The SP howitzer has a cab which simply keeps the rain out.
I hadn't realized that gravity is pretty much the only thing that kept WWII turrets on their ships!
well acutally yes and no, they do have turret hold down clips.
scooter
http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/62a.htm
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