Sentence examples for firing turrets from inspiring English sources

The Russians did not believe that super firing turrets offered any advantage as they discounted the value of axial fire and believed that super firing turrets could not fire while over the lower turret because of muzzle blast problems.

The Russians did not believe that super firing turrets offered any advantage as they discounted the value of axial fire, believed that broadside fire was much more important and also believed that super firing turrets could not fire while over the lower turret because of muzzle blast interfering with the open sighting hoods in the lower turret's roof.

Naval historian John Campbell states that "Thüringen and Helgoland, and possibly Oldenburg and Posen, fired turret guns", as well as secondary weapons, at Nestor.

At this angle, one of Turret Two's guns was firing over Turret One.

Or sitting in a Hercules transport plane as the interior lights turned off, replaced by a lone red hazard light as the pilot executed a steep descent to the runway to avoid enemy fire; tank turrets flickering with flames after rocket-propelled grenade warheads exploded; a market stall dangling off the end of a barrel as a tank motored through the empty streets of Amara.

It won't have the greatest view of the battlefield but, if it's the right moment, you'll pick up several easy kills from low-health enemies looking for a medkit – and if they return fire, the turret uses it to heal!

They'd mixed mortar and dug trenches for the Germans, fired the turret gun of a tank for the British.

US servicewomen have earned bronze star medals for valour in Iraq and Afghanistan for acts such as sustained firing from the turrets of armoured vehicles to protect ambushed colleagues wounded on insurgent-infested streets.

Her half-sister was restricted to firing from her turrets only on the port and starboard beams.

Although several of the other ships opened fire and hit Goeben once, Panteleimon held her fire as her turrets could not see the German ships before they disengaged.

Its numerous big guns poking through both broadsides and the two forward and aft turrets fired at anything that resembled a periscope.