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[[Image:Mantlet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Gun mantlet, highlighted in red, mounted to a tank's main gun]]
[[Image:Mantlet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Gun mantlet, highlighted in red, mounted to a tank's main gun]]


A '''gun mantlet''' on an [[armoured fighting vehicle]] is an [[vehicle armour |armour]] plate or shield attached to the vehicle's main gun or machine gun, protecting the opening through which the weapon barrel projects from the hull or [[gun turret|turret]] armour.
A '''gun mantlet''' on an [[armoured fighting vehicle]] is an [[vehicle armour|armour]] plate or shield attached to the vehicle's main gun or machine gun, protecting the opening through which the weapon barrel projects from the hull or [[gun turret|turret]] armour.
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Revision as of 16:49, 14 June 2007

File:Mantlet.jpg
Gun mantlet, highlighted in red, mounted to a tank's main gun

A gun mantlet on an armoured fighting vehicle is an armour plate or shield attached to the vehicle's main gun or machine gun, protecting the opening through which the weapon barrel projects from the hull or turret armour.