casemate
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thumb|A mid-19th century artillery casemate at Fort Knox (Maine)|Fort Knox, Maine.
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- Subclass of
- fortification
- Image
- Рисунок к статье «Бронеказемат». ВЭС (СПб, 1911-1915).jpg
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- Commons category
- Casemates
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- {{anchor|Antiquity: casemate wall}}Antiquity: casemate wall
- Modern period
- Land fortification
- Early modern period
- 18th and 19th centuries
- 20th century
- Naval
- Armoured vehicles
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A mid-19th century artillery casemate at Fort Knox (Maine)|Fort Knox, Maine.
A casemate is a fortified gun emplacement or armoured structure from which guns are fired, in a fortification, warship, or armoured fighting vehicle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “casemate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.