Word: turreted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three hours, Oldendorf's ships had to beat off a hundred Jap fighters and fighter bombers, attacking in twos & threes, concentrating first on the jeep carriers. Some enemy planes scored: at least one "big ship" took a hit on a forward turret; her captain was wounded, and there was great danger of magazine explosions. But damage and fire-control crews showed superb courage and skill. The ship kept formation and ploughed...
...Break. Out of the leading Sherman's turret popped a bandaged head. The man with the bandage and the big shiner on his right eye yelled the proper password. He was Lieut. Colonel Creighton ("Abe") Abrams, commanding the 4th Armored Division's rescue spearhead...
...their western-front offensive, the Germans used new weapons. One was a leviathan tank, the 75-ton Königstiger (Royal Tiger), whose turret could turn through the full circle, whose hitting power was a greatly elongated version of the high-velocity 88-mm. gun. In one model the monster's frontal armor was six-inch steel plate, slanted at high angle to bounce shells off. But in another version the Königstiger was reportedly a true land battleship-its turret faced with twelve inches of armor, probably impenetrable to all but the heaviest field-artillery projectiles...
...speed, range and angle. A computer of complex and secret design sets electronic and mechanical elements in motion. The computer also makes corrections for such errors as might be caused by wind, the pull of gravity, parallax (i.e., the distance between the gunner's sighting position and the turret he is operating), and the speed of both target and firing planes. All-electric, from sight to firing pin, the guns respond to the most delicate adjustment. All a gunner has to do is press a switch to start them spitting at a rate of 800 rounds a minute...
...turret gunner in a bomber must consider a complex of factors - the speed and altitude of his own plane, the angle and speed of his target, range, bullet speed...