gun layer

A form of gun-layer — A soldier who is assigned to aim and fire a mounted machine gun such as that on the turret of a tank.

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Meanings

noungun layer (plural gun layers)

plural gun layers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gun-layer.

    He may become a gun layer or other specialist and get a little extra,

    1931, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Official Report, page 1113
    2 more examples

    When 20 German tanks appeared, Diskin took over the duties of gun layer.

    1967, Jewish Observer and Middle East Review, page 12

    I saw how cadet Sineokov, the gun layer, covered his face with his hands and slowly subsided to the ground.

    1974, Culture and Life
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