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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...uck. By the time the two sentries had locked, loaded, and shouldered their weapons, the truck was already inside the building's entry way. ...ry lethal weapon. These devices are similar to fuel-air or [[thermobaric]] weapons, explaining the large blast and damage.<ref>Paul Rogers(2000)"[http://www.b
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...g the fledging South Vietnamese Navy in detecting and preventing supplies, weapons, and other materials from being infiltrated into South Vietnam by the Viet
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...he SAVAGE sailed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard (where she was fitted with more anti-aircraft guns). She then sailed, on 30 May, 1945 for an intensive period of operati ...100 yards offshore, searching junks and small fishing boats for Viet Cong/weapons, and infrequently providing naval gunfire support with her two 3 inch guns:
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...[[recoilless rifles]], [[machine guns]], and [[Anti-tank warfare|antitank weapons]]. This represented the largest seizure of the "Market Time" operation and
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...0 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4-50_mk9.htm | work = Naval Weapons of the World | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 15 August 2008 | accessdat ...e]]s. The [[General Board of the United States Navy]] had called for two [[anti-aircraft gun]]s for the ''Tucker''-class ships, as well as provisions for laying up
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...0 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4-50_mk9.htm | work = Naval Weapons of the World | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 15 August 2008 | accessdat ...e]]s. The [[General Board of the United States Navy]] had called for two [[anti-aircraft gun]]s for the ''Tucker''-class ships, as well as provisions for laying up
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• 20 ITK 40 VKT
  | type = Light anti-aircraft gun ...signed by the Finnish gunsmith Aimo Lahti. As the only multi-barrel 20 mm anti-aircraft gun 20 ItK 40 VKT was the most effective 20 mm air defence weapon used by t
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...on almost every battlefield, making it one of the most recognizable German weapons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of gu ...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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• AK-630
  ...y purpose is defense against anti-ship missiles and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed or rotary wing aircraft, shi * '''Weapons range''': Effective range with HE-FRAG (0.54 kg) shell, 4,000 m (4,375 yd)
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• AK-230
  ...a Soviet fully automatic naval twin 30 mm [[gun]]. Its primary function is anti-aircraft. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by [[radar]]. A * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_30mm-63_ak-230.htm Navy Weapons.com]
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• AT4
  ...sianmilitaryreview.com/upload/200712031855161.pdf |title=Light Anti-Armour Weapons: Anti-Everything? |author=Owen, William F. |year=2007 |publisher=http://asi ...T4, making it one of the most common light [[Anti-tank warfare|anti-tank]] weapons in the world.
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• Air Defense Anti-Tank System
  |type=[[Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon]] The [[Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle]] (MMEV) will feature a wide array of weapons for different engagements. Its direct fire with low cost rockets will be ab
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• Ingwe (missile)
  [[Category:Modern weapons of South Africa]]
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• 9M123 Khrizantema
  ...http://www.rusarm.ru/cataloque/lanforces_cataloque.html |title=Land Forces Weapons Export Catalogue 2003 |accessdate=2008-11-08 |publisher=Rosoboronexport}}</
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• 9M133 Kornet
  ...d service in the Russian army in 1994<ref>http://www.deagel.com/Anti-Armor-Weapons-and-Missiles/Kornet_a001010001.aspx</ref>, its export designation is the Ko ...http://www.rusarm.ru/cataloque/lanforces_cataloque.html |title=Land Forces Weapons Export Catalogue 2003 |accessdate=2008-11-17 |publisher=Rosoboronexport}}</
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• Mokopa
  [[Category:Modern weapons of South Africa]]
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• 9K121 Vikhr
  ...the 9A1472. A four barrel launcher is typical of the [[Igla]] short range anti-aircraft missile. Russia does not use currently four barrel launchers for airborne a * Jane's Air Launched Weapons, Issue thirty six.
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• PARS 3 LR
  [[Category:Modern German weapons]]
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• 9K115-2 Metis-M
  According to accounts by [[Israeli military]], weapons seized from Hezbollah and journalists accounts from Lebanon, the Metis-M w ...ion, although it has moved to tighten control over the use of Russian-made weapons by the importing states.
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• Spike (missile)
  ...Navy Spike Missile System: A New Generation of Miniature Precision Guided Weapons |publisher=[[Defense Technical Information Center]] (DTIC) |format=[[PDF]] ...tle=Defense Update issue 2-07 (May - June 2007) : Electro-Optically Guided Weapons |publisher=Defense-Update.Com |accessdate=1 July 2010}}</ref> Man-portable
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