disappearing carriage
Meanings
noun
- A carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection.
Word forms
Etymology
Because from the viewpoint of the enemy's counterbattery direct fire, the gun and its carriage disappeared after firing.
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