"gun line" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998, Curt Johnson, Richard Claire Anderson, chapter 1, in Artillery Hell: The Employment of Artillery at Antietam, page 28",
          "text": "The guidon-bearer was placed by the battery commander to mark the right of the gun line, with the gun platoon aligned to his left.",
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          "ref": "2013 March, “The Firepower Behind the Army”, in Army Life: Your guide to the Royal Artillery, UK MoD, page 9",
          "text": "As soon as Lee reaches the Command Post, Matthew directs him forward to the gun line where the crews are preparing the Light Guns.",
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          "ref": "1917 July 1, Army War College, “Third British Army, Artillery Instructions, No. 3 Notes on the Organization of a Battery for Active Operations”, in Field Artillery Notes, number 4, page 53",
          "text": "The executive at the gun line is responsible for the drill and fire discipline of the battery.",
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          "ref": "1916 June 10, “The Mountain Gun and Mule Team”, in Scientific American: Supplement, volume 81, number 2110, page 372",
          "text": "A mountain battery is divided into a \"Gun Line\" and an \"Ammunition Line.\" Six guns and twelve ammunition-mules form the \"Gun Line.\"",
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        "the tactical firing position of artillery or naval guns"
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        "(military) the tactical firing position of artillery or naval guns"
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          "text": "As soon as Lee reaches the Command Post, Matthew directs him forward to the gun line where the crews are preparing the Light Guns.",
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          "ref": "1917 July 1, Army War College, “Third British Army, Artillery Instructions, No. 3 Notes on the Organization of a Battery for Active Operations”, in Field Artillery Notes, number 4, page 53",
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