Land Fortifications
Gun turrets have been placed in static, land fortifications such as the Maginot Line forts in France and particularly in coastal artillery defences such as Fort Drum, the "concrete battleship", near Corregidor, Philippines. Some nations, from Albania to Switzerland and Austria, have embedded the turrets of obsolete tanks in concrete fortifications (usually to secure choke points such as mountain passes).
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Turret of the Maginot Line; this could retract into the ground when not firing, for added protection
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German Atlantic Wall battery in Ouistreham, fitted with the turret of a Renault FT-17 tank
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A turret in the Alpine Wall in Italy
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