The caption for this photo that dates to between 1914 and 1917 (time of the First World War) reads: Steel turret for trench use devised by Germans. The French advance in Champagne resulted in the capture of several steel turrets like the one in this photograph. They were made of three-inch plate, could be revolved, and each held a 50-millimetre gun and three gunmen.

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Size: 4560px × 3971px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1910s, 20th, century, france, germans, germany, great, steel, trench, turret, turrets, war, warfare, world, wwi