| 31. | These bastions are furnished with gun ports ( cannoniers ) to provide covering fire to all external walls.
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| 32. | Exhibits include cannons at the gun ports with shot, ropes and firing equipment, and old muskets and matchlocks.
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| 33. | It was built in 1968 with the original construction including stockade fencing, corner blockhouses with gun ports, and barracks.
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| 34. | So he shot through the bow of his own ship and used the resulting hole as a gun port.
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| 35. | The central part of the square features a circular redoubt with two floors and a parapet with gun ports.
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| 36. | The gun ports were open, and the guns were out to fire a salute as the ship left Stockholm.
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| 37. | The gun ports developed in this period show a unique feature, that of a horizontal timber across the opening.
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| 38. | Gunpowder weaponry led to the use of gun ports, platforms to mount guns and walls adapted to resist bombardment.
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| 39. | Drawings from 1943 also showed the addition of a machine gun port for the turret, with a narrow gun mantlet.
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| 40. | The original building was constructed without windows, but had small openings for gun ports, which feature emphasizes its defensive purpose.
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