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• At the top of the barbettes, revolving on rollers, are the turrets, sometimes called the hoods, containing the guns and the leading mechanism and all of the machinery in connection with the same. Marvels of Modern Science
• She carries an obsolete "barbette" conning tower -- a six-foot affair with railed platform forward -- and our warning beam plays on the top of it as a policeman's lantern flashes on the area sneak. Actions and Reactions
• Also can suit to enhance range and nicety of barbette, convenience to repaire and update. Mini Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
• The northwest front has now five arches with ramparts fallen in; northeast barbette battery unserviceable; east front scarp much scaled by slant fire, with large craters under traverses; principal injury at level of arches and terreplein; two-thirds of southern wall east of magazine damaged; stone abutment unhurt and protected by rubbish; gorge not damaged since yesterday. Memoirs of the War of Secession
• Near tank, hunders of high speed running barbette still act for defense main part. Mini Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
• An athwartship line of armor runs from the water line to the barbettes, resting upon the protective deck. Marvels of Modern Science
• The big naval guns, brought from the empty ships in the basin, were mounted en barbette, meaning there were not enough embrasures to protect them so the weapons were firing directly over the wall's parapet and British gunner officers hungrily watched those pieces through their telescopes. Sharpe's Prey
• In the interior was a shed for a guard room, and a small magazine under the barbette platform.
• For exterior defence, he employed direct fire from his barbettes, and curvated fire from his casemates; the direct fire of the latter secured his ditches. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition
• Germans, had a "barbette" top, which looked like the shell of a tortoise, fitted down over the chassis. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights