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90 relations: American Civil War, Armoured fighting vehicle, Assault gun, Australia, Bastille (Grenoble), Battle of Hampton Roads, Beehive Casemate, Belt armor, Blake-class cruiser, Bunker, Casemate ironclad, Central battery ship, Chatham, Kent, Coastal artillery, Confederate States of America, Counterscarp, CSS Virginia, Defensive wall, Denmark, Edgar-class cruiser, Elefant, Embrasure, Fort Amherst, Fort Bovisand, Fort Delimara, Fort Hommet 10.5 cm Coastal Defence Gun Casement Bunker, Fort Knox (Maine), Fort Point, San Francisco, Fort San Lucian, Fortification, Fortress of Humaitá, François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, France, Frederikshavn, Freeboard (nautical), Gotland, Grenoble, Guernsey, Gun turret, HMS Alexandra (1875), HMS Dreadnought (1906), HMS Resistance (1861), HMS Warspite, Hut, Iron Duke-class battleship, Ironclad warship, ISU-152, Jagdpanther, Jagdpanzer, Jagdpanzer IV, ..., Jagdtiger, Kanonenjagdpanzer, Latin, Luxembourg, Maginot Line, Main battle tank, Malta, Monitor (warship), Newhaven Fort, Newhaven, East Sussex, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Omaha-class cruiser, Panzerjäger, Pillbox (military), Plymouth, Pre-dreadnought battleship, Prospect, Maine, Rastatt Fortress, Red Army, Rodman gun, Royal Sovereign-class battleship, Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, Stridsvagn 103, Sturmgeschütz III, Sturmgeschütz IV, SU-100, Swedish Army, Sydney, T28 Super Heavy Tank, Tank destroyer, Tortoise heavy assault tank, Union (American Civil War), USS Merrimack (1855), USS Monitor, VT tank, Wehrmacht, World War II, 15 cm SK L/45, 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun. Expand index (40 more) »
American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
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Armoured fighting vehicle
An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.
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Assault gun
An assault gun is a form of self-propelled artillery which utilizes an infantry support gun mounted on a motorized chassis, normally an armored fighting vehicle.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Bastille (Grenoble)
The Bastille is the name of a fortress culminating at 476 m (ft) above sea level, located at the south end of the Chartreuse mountain range and overlooking the city of Grenoble, France.
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Battle of Hampton Roads
The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies.
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Beehive Casemate
Beehive Casemate is a historical fortification located on the banks of Obelisk Bay, in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Belt armor
Belt armor is a layer of heavy metal armor plated onto or within the outer hulls of warships, typically on battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers, and aircraft carriers.
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Blake-class cruiser
The Blake class was a two-ship class of first-class protected cruiser built around 1890 for the Royal Navy.
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Bunker
A bunker is a defensive military fortification designed to protect people or valued materials from falling bombs or other attacks.
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Casemate ironclad
The casemate ironclad is a type of iron or iron-armored gunboat briefly used in the American Civil War by both the Confederate States Navy and its adversary, the Union Navy.
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Central battery ship
The central battery ship, also known as a centre battery ship in the United Kingdom and as a casemate ship in European continental navies, was a development of the (high-freeboard) broadside ironclad of the 1860s, given a substantial boost due to the inspiration gained from the Battle of Hampton Roads, the very first battle between ironclads fought in 1862 during the American Civil War.
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Chatham, Kent
Chatham is one of the Medway towns located within the Medway unitary authority, in North Kent, in South East England.
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Coastal artillery
Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.
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Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.
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Counterscarp
A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides of a ditch or moat used in fortifications.
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CSS Virginia
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the raised and cut down original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate.
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Defensive wall
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.
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Edgar-class cruiser
The Edgar class was a nine-ship class of protected cruiser built around 1891 for the Royal Navy.
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Elefant
The Elefant (German for "elephant") was a heavy tank destroyer used by German Wehrmacht Panzerjäger during World War II.
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Embrasure
In military architecture, an embrasure is the opening in a crenellation or battlement between the two raised solid portions or merlons, sometimes called a crenel or crenelle.
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Fort Amherst
Fort Amherst, in Medway, South East England, was constructed in 1756 at the southern end of the Brompton lines of defence to protect the southeastern approaches to Chatham Dockyard and the River Medway against a French invasion.
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Fort Bovisand
Fort Bovisand is a fort in Devon, England near the beach of Bovisand.
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Fort Delimara
Fort Delimara (Il-Fortizza ta' Delimara) is a polygonal fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta.
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Fort Hommet 10.5 cm Coastal Defence Gun Casement Bunker
The Fort Hommet 105 mm coastal defence gun casement bunker is a fully restored gun casemate that was part of Fortress Guernsey constructed by the forces of Nazi Germany between 1940 and 1945.
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Fort Knox (Maine)
Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about from the mouth of the river.
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Fort Point, San Francisco
Fort Point is a masonry seacoast fortification located at the southern side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
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Fort San Lucian
Fort San Lucian (Forti San Luċjan), also known as Saint Lucian Tower (Torri ta' San Luċjan) or Fort Rohan (Forti Rohan), is a large bastioned watchtower and polygonal fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta.
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Fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.
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Fortress of Humaitá
The Fortress of Humaitá (1854–68), known metaphorically as the Gibraltar of South America, was a Paraguayan military installation near the mouth of the River Paraguay.
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François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo
François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo (24 June 1774 – 25 June 1838) was a French Army general and military engineer during the French Revolution and First Empire.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Frederikshavn
Frederikshavn is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.
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Freeboard (nautical)
In sailing and boating, a vessel's freeboard is the distance from the waterline to the upper deck level, measured at the lowest point of sheer where water can enter the boat or ship.
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Gotland
Gotland (older spellings include Gottland or Gothland), Gutland in the local dialect, is a province, county, municipality, and diocese of Sweden.
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Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère.
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Guernsey
Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.
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Gun turret
A gun turret is a location from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility, and some cone of fire.
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HMS Alexandra (1875)
HMS Alexandra was a central battery ironclad of the Victorian Royal Navy, whose seagoing career was from 1877 to 1900.
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HMS Dreadnought (1906)
HMS Dreadnought was a battleship built for the Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power.
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HMS Resistance (1861)
HMS Resistance was the second of two sIronclad is the all-encompassing term for armored warships of this period.
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HMS Warspite
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite.
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Hut
A hut is a primitive dwelling, which may be constructed of various local materials.
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Iron Duke-class battleship
The Iron Duke class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy before the First World War.
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Ironclad warship
An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century.
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ISU-152
The ISU-152 is a Soviet self-propelled gun developed and used during World War II.
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Jagdpanther
The Jagdpanther (German: "hunting panther"), SdKfz 173, is a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank.
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Jagdpanzer
Jagdpanzer (JgPz), (German: "hunting tank"), is a name given to German self-propelled anti-tank guns.
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Jagdpanzer IV
The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz.
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Jagdtiger
Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger") is the common name of a German turretless heavy tank destroyer of World War II. The official German designation was Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B as it was based on a lengthened Tiger II chassis. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd. Kfz. 186. The 71-tonne Jagdtiger was the heaviest armored fighting vehicle used operationally during World War II and is the heaviest armored vehicle of any type to achieve series production. The vehicle carried a 128 mm PaK 44 L/55 main gun, capable of out-ranging and defeating any Allied tank. It saw service in small numbers from late 1944 to the end of the war on both the Western and Eastern Front. Although 150 were ordered, only between 70 and 88 were produced. Due to an excessive weight, the Jagdtiger was continuously plagued with mechanical problems. Today, three Jagdtigers survive in museums.
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Kanonenjagdpanzer
The Kanonenjagdpanzer (KanJPz; also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, or tank destroyer, gun) was a German Cold War tank destroyer equipped with a 90mm anti-tank gun from obsolete M47 Patton tanks.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Luxembourg
Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxembourg, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe.
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Maginot Line
The Maginot Line (Ligne Maginot), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.
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Main battle tank
A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fills the armor-protected direct fire and maneuver role of many modern armies.
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Malta
Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Monitor (warship)
A monitor was a relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns.
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Newhaven Fort
Newhaven Fort is a Palmerston fort built in the 19th century to defend the harbour at Newhaven, on the south coast of England.
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Newhaven, East Sussex
Newhaven is a town in the Lewes District of East Sussex in England.
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Normandy
Normandy (Normandie,, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.
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Omaha Beach
Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II.
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Omaha-class cruiser
The Omaha-class cruisers were a class of light cruisers built for the United States Navy.
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Panzerjäger
Panzerjäger (German "armour-hunters" or "tank-hunters", abbreviated to Pz.Jg. in German) was a branch of service of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
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Pillbox (military)
Pillboxes are concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons.
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Plymouth
Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.
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Pre-dreadnought battleship
Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late 1880s and 1905, before the launch of.
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Prospect, Maine
Prospect is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.
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Rastatt Fortress
Rastatt Fortress (Bundesfestung Rastatt) was built from 1842 to 1852.
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Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Рабоче-крестьянская Красная армия (РККА), Raboche-krest'yanskaya Krasnaya armiya (RKKA), frequently shortened in Russian to Красная aрмия (КА), Krasnaya armiya (KA), in English: Red Army, also in critical literature and folklore of that epoch – Red Horde, Army of Work) was the army and the air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and, after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Rodman gun
Drawing comparing Model 1844 8-inch columbiad and Model 1861 10-inch "Rodman" columbiad. The powder chamber on the older columbiad is highlighted by the red box. The Rodman gun is any of a series of American Civil War–era columbiads designed by Union artilleryman Thomas Jackson Rodman (1815–1871).
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Royal Sovereign-class battleship
The Royal Sovereign class was a group of eight pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s.
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Samokhodnaya Ustanovka
Samohodnaya Ustanovka (SU) — (Russian: самоходная установка - CY, lit. "Self propelled installation") may refer to any of these Soviet self-propelled guns.
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Stridsvagn 103
The Stridsvagn 103 (Strv 103), "Strv" is the Swedish military abbreviation of stridsvagn, Swedish for tank while the 103 comes from being the third tank in Swedish service to be equipped with a 10 cm gun.
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Sturmgeschütz III
The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany's second most-produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II after the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track.
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Sturmgeschütz IV
The Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV) (Sd.Kfz. 167), was a German assault gun variant of the Panzer IV used in the latter part of the Second World War.
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SU-100
The SU-100 (Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 100) was a Soviet tank destroyer armed with a 100 mm anti-tank gun in a casemate superstructure.
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Swedish Army
The Swedish Army (Armén) is a branch of the Swedish Armed Forces in which its main responsibility is land operations.
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Sydney
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.
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T28 Super Heavy Tank
The T28 Super Heavy Tank was an American heavily armored tank self-propelled gun designed for the United States Army during World War II.
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Tank destroyer
A tank destroyer or tank hunter is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a direct-fire artillery gun or missile launcher, with limited operational capacities and designed specifically to engage enemy tanks.
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Tortoise heavy assault tank
The Tortoise heavy assault tank (A39) was a British heavy assault gun design developed during the Second World War, but never put into mass production.
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Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.
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USS Merrimack (1855)
USS Merrimack, also improperly Merrimac, was a frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS ''Virginia'' was constructed during the American Civil War.
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USS Monitor
USS Monitor was an iron-hulled steamship.
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VT tank
The Versuchsträger 1-2 (abbreviated: VT, meaning "test-beds" or "experiment carrier") were two German prototype twin gun turretless main battle tanks, much like the earlier World War II Jagdpanzer designs.
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Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht (lit. "defence force")From wehren, "to defend" and Macht., "power, force".
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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15 cm SK L/45
The 15 cm SK L/45SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); L - Länge in Kaliber (length in caliber) was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.
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16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun
The 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun and the near-identical Mark 3 were guns originally designed and built for the United States Navy as the main armament for the ''South Dakota''-class battleships and s. At the time, they were among the heaviest guns built for use as naval artillery.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casemate
