gunnery

Example Sentences

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Matt served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as an infantry squad leader and gunnery sergeant in the Marine Corps.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

In the first decade of the 20th century, two brilliant English civilians, Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood, invented the world’s first modern gunnery computer to aim the big guns of battleships.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

It included a live-fire gunnery exercise conducted by the guided missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Mr Verge was a gunnery officer based in Portsmouth in 1953 and helped train the sailors who took part in the ceremony.

From BBC • May 6, 2023

“You’re not my flight officer and you don’t have any gunnery authority.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein