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  • adjective Without a turret or turrets.

Etymologies

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turret +‎ -less

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Examples

  • In addition, they were effective tank killers, the first wave of what gradually became a large family of tracked turretless vehicles.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • In addition, they were effective tank killers, the first wave of what gradually became a large family of tracked turretless vehicles.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • They look like and are, turretless Centurion tanks, known as Pumas (pictured above).

    Conflicting signals Richard 2006

  • These vehicles, deployed by combat engineers, are little more than turretless Centurion Main Battle Tanks, known as the Poretz Mokshim Handasati (minefield breakthrough vehicle).

    The wrong kind of war Richard 2006

  • A turretless Warrior to replace FV430s in Armoured Infantry battalions.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Of course, the logical course of action would have been to buy Warrior 2000 to replace the unstabilised Rarden and convert the then obsolescent Rarden vehicles into turretless personnel carriers to replace the FV430 series as mortar carriers and support vehicles.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • Of course, the logical course of action would have been to buy Warrior 2000 to replace the unstabilised Rarden and convert the then obsolescent Rarden vehicles into turretless personnel carriers to replace the FV430 series as mortar carriers and support vehicles.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • Of course, the logical course of action would have been to buy Warrior 2000 to replace the unstabilised Rarden and convert the then obsolescent Rarden vehicles into turretless personnel carriers to replace the FV430 series as mortar carriers and support vehicles.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • For example, although Guderian’s ex post facto criticism of the heavy tank destroyer based on the Tiger 1 chassis is often cited, it is without acknowledging either his prewar failure to develop tanks that were competitive with those of France and Russia, and his implacable opposition to the stopgap measures of turretless vehicles that his failures forced on the Wehrmacht.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • For example, although Guderian’s ex post facto criticism of the heavy tank destroyer based on the Tiger 1 chassis is often cited, it is without acknowledging either his prewar failure to develop tanks that were competitive with those of France and Russia, and his implacable opposition to the stopgap measures of turretless vehicles that his failures forced on the Wehrmacht.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

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