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• 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42
  ...lude the 2A38 and 2A72 autocannons for various vehicle, helicopter and air defence applications, as well as numerous single-, dual- and six-barrel naval and a ...The fuze produces a 0.15 millisecond delay on impact, and a self-destruct mechanism detonating the projectile after 7.5 to 14.5 seconds of flight (3900–5300
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  ...and Development Establishment]]<br>Mod 1 : [[Royal Ordnance|Royal Ordnance Defence]] ...a reduced Radar Cross Section assembly and replacing the hydraulic loading mechanism with an all electric system. This particular gun has been nicknamed the "[[
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• 68-pounder 95 cwt
  |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast Defence gun]] ...e cannon was relatively cheap to produce – the [[Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom]] estimated that each cannon cost approximately £167
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• BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun
  ...y and not liked. They are not mounted in one sleeve ; have separate breech mechanism : gun crew of 23 to each triple"<ref>[http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Janes_19 ...h as [[Flower class corvette]]s and minesweepers, primarily for attack and defence against submarines.
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• BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI
  ...[disappearing gun|disappearing carriage]] at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence|Lei Yue Mun Fort]], Hong Kong |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk VI naval gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]] ...winding]], a jacket, and [[Welin breech block]] with hand operated Asbury mechanism. They used two cloth bags each containing 14 kg (31 pounds) of [[cordite]]
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• BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun ...jacket with a [[Welin breech block]] and hydraulic or hand-operated Asbury mechanism. Two cloth bags each containing 15 kg (33 pounds) of [[cordite]] were used
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...warfare|anti-aircraft]] [[autocannon]] designed by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] defence firm of [[Bofors]]. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircr ...] version of the Finspong gun, to which was added a semi-automatic loading mechanism.
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• DARDO
  ...e (artillery)|Magazine]]:<br>736 HE rounds (444 Type B mount)<br>Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE and 200 [[APFSDS]] rounds (''Fast Forty'') The system's primary purpose is defence against [[anti-ship missile]]s, [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s and other prec
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• Kashtan CIWS
  ...ан}}) (Chestnut) [[Close-in weapon system]] (CIWS) is a modern naval air defence weapon deployed by the [[Russian Navy]]. ...Most typically deployed as a combined gun and missile system, it provides defence against [[anti-ship missile]]s, [[Anti-radiation missile|anti-radar missile
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• Mauser BK-27
  ...27 have been ordered by the German Navy so far.<ref>http://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/index.php?lang=2&fid=962</ref> The cannon is a single-barrel, high perf The belted-link ammunition box is positioned to the side of the gun-feed mechanism and a floating buffer system imposes a very small recoil and vibration load
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  ...nti-aircraft gun''' became the standard anti-aircraft gun used in the home defence of England against German airships and bombers and on the Western Front in ...elevation, and replaced by "the standard Vickers-type straight-pull breech mechanism", reducing rate of fire from 22 to 20 rds/minute.<ref>Notes on Anti-Aircraf
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• QF 6 inch /40 naval gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun ...mer in its base. The brass case also sealed the breech, allowing a lighter mechanism. This was presumed to allow a faster rate of fire than the older "Breech Lo
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• RBL 40 pounder Armstrong gun
  ...m Armstrong]]'s new and innovative [[Breech-loading weapon|breechloading]] mechanism for medium artillery. ...d it be implemented for heavier guns despite Armstrong's protests that the mechanism was unsuited to heavy guns.<ref>Ruffell, The Armstrong Gun Part 5: British
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• RBL 7 inch Armstrong gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast Defence gun ...Baron Armstrong|William Armstrong]]'s new and innovative [[breechloading]] mechanism for heavy rifled guns.
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• Swingfire
  ...p to ninety degrees after firing to bring it onto the line of the sighting mechanism. This means that the launcher vehicle can be concealed and the operator, us * [http://www.global-defence.com/2002/weap-antitank.html Global Defence]
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• Type 91 torpedo
  ...t into final test in August 1941. It functions all the same with different mechanism. During the prototype tests, the Noma's system found out the better for hav The ''horizontal tail rudder controller'' is operated by the rod connection mechanism from the depth meter in the front float section.
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...chanism is normally achieved via an engine-driven pump, a manual fall-back mechanism is provided to force the wheels down in the event of an in-flight engine fa ...1 and some were converted locally, for use as light bombers to help in the defence of the School against Iraqi forces.<ref>A V-M A G Dudgeon CBE DFC ''The War
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...fense'' rather than ''defence''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Defense mechanism | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | edition= 15^th editio
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• Poloxamer
  ...en shown to; enhance proto-apoptotic signaling, and decrease anti apoptoic defence in MDR cells, inhibit the glutathione/glutathione S-transferase detoxificat ...lso been shown to stimulate transcription of NF kappaB genes, although the mechanism by which this is achieved is currently unknown, bar that P85 has been shown
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