gunnery range

collocation in English

meaningsofgunneryandrange

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gunnery
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡʌn.ər.i/us
/ˈɡʌn.ɚ.i/
the skill or activity of shooting with artillery (= very ...
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range
noun
uk
/reɪndʒ/us
/reɪndʒ/
a set of ...
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(Definition ofgunneryandrangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was redesignated as a helicoptergunneryrangethat year and nothing has been dropped by aircraft on the range since.
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When gunnery ranges increased dramatically in the late 19th century it was no longer a simple matter of calculating the proper aim point, given the flight times of the shells.
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Since 1950, well over £2· million has been spent on setting up and maintaining this navalgunneryrange.
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I feel sure that the local people would accept that with gladness rather than have the proposedgunneryrange.
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It was redesignated as a helicoptergunneryrangethat year and nothing has been dropped by aircraft on the range since.
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It is not used as agunneryrangein winter.
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Thegunneryrangeis in a completely separate category.
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Agunneryrangewill merely stifle it.
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Early fleet exercises demonstrated the ability of aircraft to extend effectivegunneryrangefrom 20000yd km to convert.
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For much of the 20th century, it was used as a navalgunneryrange.
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Thegunneryrangewas 86 miles (138 km) long and 1836 miles (2958 km) wide.
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This region had been used for uranium mining, served as a militarygunneryrangeand had been subjected to herbicide and insecticide contamination from off-reservation farms.
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Many pieces of the destroyed aerial drone targets litter the hillside north of thegunneryrangeand can be seen in town when the sun reflects off of them.
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It was later modified with a small radome for gunnery ranging (although not the full radome from the second prototype).
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When gunnery ranges increased dramatically in the late 19th century it was no longer a simple matter of calculating the proper aim point, given the flight times of the shells.
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Many units require demonstrated leadership ability through planning and conducting unit-level training events such as gunnery ranges, soldier task training or other non-commissioned and commissioned officer-level tasks.
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