gun line
English
Noun
gun line (plural gun lines)
- (military) the tactical firing position of artillery or naval guns
- 1998, Curt Johnson, Richard Claire Anderson, chapter 1, in Artillery Hell: The Employment of Artillery at Antietam, →ISBN, page 28:
- The guidon-bearer was placed by the battery commander to mark the right of the gun line, with the gun platoon aligned to his left.
- 2013 03, “The Firepower Behind the Army”, in Army Life: Your guide to the Royal Artillery, UK MoD, page 9:
- As soon as Lee reaches the Command Post, Matthew directs him forward to the gun line where the crews are preparing the Light Guns.
- 1917 July 1, “Third British Army, Artillery Instructions, No. 3 Notes on the Organization of a Battery for Active Operations”, in Field Artillery Notes, number 4, page 53:
- The executive at the gun line is responsible for the drill and fire discipline of the battery.
- 1916 June 10, “The Mountain Gun and Mule Team”, in Scientific American: Supplement, volume 81, number 2110, page 372:
- A mountain battery is divided into a "Gun Line" and an "Ammunition Line." Six guns and twelve ammunition-mules form the "Gun Line."
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References
- Boyer, Richard (2007) Dictionary of Military terms, 3 edition, London: A&C Black, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2012-04-09, page 113: “the fire position of a battery”
- “Gun Line”, in (please provide the title of the work), Government of Canada Translation Bureau, 03 1998, retrieved 2013
Anagrams
- line gun