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Preferred term

Gun platforms  

Definition

  • Devices or assemblies of devices designed to support artillery and heavy small arms such as machine guns. They range from simple tripods to complex supporting, pivoting, and elevating mechanisms on gun carriages. [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Artillery platforms
  • Batteries, gun platforms
  • Battery platforms
  • Gun mounts, platforms
  • Mountings, gun, platforms
  • Mounts, gun, platforms
  • Platforms, gun

Notation

  • 112028

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-ZDQN0MJ4-7

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