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Calibration Gun Turret located on 2-04 Road behind Bunker 2-300 in Area 2 of the Nevada Test Site.

This gun turret was removed from a pre-1940s scrapped U.S. Navy Heavy Cruiser. It was developed by Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory for line-of-sight diagnostics. Basically, the turret could be used on multiple atmospheric nuclear tests by rotating it and adjusting the elevation to aim at the tower cab. This eliminated the need of constructing new line-of-sight equipment for each test.
Source Nevada Test Site Guide, DOE/NV-715
Author Federal Government of the United States
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