: the use of guns
especially
: the science of the flight of projectiles and of the effective use of guns
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There, the Navy and Marine Corps train in all aspects of warfare, including gunnery, bombardment, air defense, and anti-sub and electronic warfare, according to the military.
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Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
At just 19, he was commissioned as a gunnery officer and shipped off to the Pacific Theater.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Each crew member has different stats and proficiencies for gunnery, ship repair, melee attack, and melee defense.
—PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
Brown Field opened in 1918 when the Army established an aerial gunnery school there to relieve congestion on Coronado’s North Island.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
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Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
At just 19, he was commissioned as a gunnery officer and shipped off to the Pacific Theater.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Each crew member has different stats and proficiencies for gunnery, ship repair, melee attack, and melee defense.
—PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
Brown Field opened in 1918 when the Army established an aerial gunnery school there to relieve congestion on Coronado’s North Island.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
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“Gunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunnery. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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gunnery
noun
gun·nery
ˈgən-(ə-)rē 
: the use of guns
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