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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  |Ship out of service= ...nched on 5 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Corinne M. Wilhoite, the mother of ''Ensign Wilhoite''; and commissioned at Houston on 16 December 1943, Lt. E
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  |Ship out of service= ...ly]] for his actions during the [[Battle of the Aleutian Islands|battles]] of [[Kiska]] and [[Attu]].
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...to [[World War I]]. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of U.S. Navy officers [[Jonathan Wainwright (naval officer)|Jonathan Wainwrigh ...|21|in|mm|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. ''Wainwright'' was powered by a pair of [[steam turbine]]s that propelled her at up to {{convert|30|knots|km/h}}.
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...p=Note>''Conway's'' (p. 123) lists eight torpedo tubes; the ''[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/p ...o [[World War I]]. The ship was the second U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of both [[David Porter (naval officer)|David Porter]] and his son [[David Dixo
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  |Ship caption=USS ''Barnegat'' (AVP-10), lead ship of the ''Barnegat''-class small seaplane tenders, in [[Puget Sound]] on 14 Oct ...s version of the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries as "Associated Shipbuilding Company
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...s of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...eing used as the decimal separator in German). <!-- The Allied slang for anti-aircraft fire, ''ack-ack'', does not come from the German, but is a World War I term
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• 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun
  |origin= {{flag|France}} ...gun''' was a [[anti-aircraft]] [[autocannon]] designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in World War II with French, Japanese and other nation
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  |origin= {{flag|France}} |used_by={{flag|France}}, <br>{{flag|Japan}} and others
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• 20 mm modèle F2 gun
  ...cted to design the F2 20 mm cannon, which essentially a navalised version of the M693 gun used by the French Army, and sold for export. ...shot burst, or free fire. There is an electrical trigger in the right hand of the gunner. A manual selector allows to change the box feeding the weapon d
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• Autocannon
  ...il2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...the time, but an autocannon all the same: [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun]] in [[Algeria]], 1943]]
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• Bofors 37 mm
  ...by some European armies during [[World War II]], mainly at the early stage of the war. The [[Gun barrel|barrel]] was of monobloc type, with semi-automatic vertical sliding [[breech block]] and sm
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...gned ''Stiffkey Sight'', being operated by the aimer standing to the right of the loader (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights ...raft systems during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  |caption=HS.404 in the TCM-20 twin anti-aircraft configuration, displayed at the Israeli Air Force Museum. |origin={{flagcountry|France}}
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• Hotchkiss gun
  ...be mounted on a light carriage or packed on [[mule]]s to accompany a troop of [[cavalry]] or an [[army]] travelling in rough country. ...]]. The first gun purchased by the U.S. military from the French arms firm of [[Hotchkiss et Cie|Hotchkiss]] was employed against the [[Nez Perce|Nez Per
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• M242 Bushmaster
  ...lt and has dual-feed capability. The term "chain gun" derives from the use of a roller chain that drives the bolt back and forth. ...on has an effective range of 3,000 [[Metre|meter]]s, depending on the type of ammunition used.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...lklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Po ...Gun''', or "Ma Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  |weight=480 kg (without ammunition, including 387 kg of ballast) ..., and widely produced by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] and others. Various models of Oerlikon cannon were used during [[World War II]], and they are still in us
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} ...ion=The QF 2 pounder in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel. Note the folded legs of the carriage.
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  |used_by=[[Image:Flag of Transvaal.svg|22px]][[South African Republic]]<br>[[British Empire]]<br>{{f |manufacturer=[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]]<br>[[Vickers|Vickers, Sons & Maxi
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  |name=QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun |type=[[Anti-aircraft gun]]
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