Pivot gun
Type of cannon mounted on a fixed central emplacement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A pivot gun was a type of cannon mounted on a fixed central emplacement which permitted it to be moved through a wide horizontal arc.[1] They were a common weapon aboard ships and in land fortifications for several centuries but became obsolete after the invention of gun turrets.
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