[ noun ] a tool for driving something with force <noun.artifact>
Rammer \Ram"mer\ (r[a^]m"m[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, rams or drives. Specifically: (a) An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity. (b) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod. (c) (Founding) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.
He said he had had a problem with a rammer on the left gun in No. 2 gun turret about a year earlier, describing it as behaving like a transmission stuck between neutral and drive.
Truitt said his own theory is that the blast was caused by a defective hydraulic rammer _ the piece of equipment used to shove the powder bags up against the projectile in the huge gun.