Casemate
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casemate-183-19114214
title:
Casemate
text:
A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armoured structure from which guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle. When referring to antiquity, the term "casemate wall" means a double city wall with the space between the walls separated into chambers, which could be filled up to better withstand battering rams in case of siege. In its original early modern meaning, the term referred to a vaulted chamber in a fort, which may have been used for storage, accommoda
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fortified structure
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casemate
date created:
2004-12-04T02:22:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T06:30:13Z
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