gun line

English

Noun

gun line (plural gun lines)

1. (military) the tactical firing position of artillery or naval guns
   • 1998, Curt Johnson, Richard Claire Anderson, chapter 1, in Artillery Hell: The Employment of Artillery at Antietam‎^[1], →ISBN, page 28:

     The guidon-bearer was placed by the battery commander to mark the right of the gun line, with the gun platoon aligned to his left.

   • 2013 March, “The Firepower Behind the Army”, in Army Life: Your guide to the Royal Artillery‎^[2], UK MoD, page 9:

     As soon as Lee reaches the Command Post, Matthew directs him forward to the gun line where the crews are preparing the Light Guns.

   • 1917 July 1, Army War College, “Third British Army, Artillery Instructions, No. 3 Notes on the Organization of a Battery for Active Operations”, in Field Artillery Notes‎^[3], number 4, page 53:

     The executive at the gun line is responsible for the drill and fire discipline of the battery.

   • 1916 June 10, “The Mountain Gun and Mule Team”, in Scientific American: Supplement‎^[4], volume 81, number 2110, page 372:

     A mountain battery is divided into a "Gun Line" and an "Ammunition Line." Six guns and twelve ammunition-mules form the "Gun Line."

References

• Boyer, Richard (2007) Dictionary of Military terms‎^[5], 3 edition, London: A&C Black, →ISBN, archived from the original on 9 April 2012, page 113: “the fire position of a battery”

• “Gun Line”, in TERMIUM Plus, Government of Canada Translation Bureau, 1998 03, retrieved 2013

Anagrams

• line gun