gunnery

noun4

1. •
   The firing of guns.

   • Northward incessantly, the flickering gunnery rumbles, / Far off, like a dull rumour of some other war. — 1920
2. •
   The science of guns and gunfire, including aspects of bullet flight and impact.

   • When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery— / When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery,— — 1879
3. •
   A place where guns are tested, or where people are trained in their use.
4. •
   The design and manufacture of guns, particularly those of a large caliber.