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• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  ...8 x 40-millimeter [[antiaircraft]] guns<br/>8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br/>2 x [[depth charge]] tracks ...f the landings and then ran out of targets afloat. They then [[Machine gun|machine-gunned]] and [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]]ed Japanese positions, and at times
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• USS Big Horn (AO-45)
  ...) /50 single purpose guns, <br/>• two .50 caliber (12.7&nbsp;mm) machine guns, <br/>• five [[Thompson submachine gun]]s, <br/>• five sawn-off [[shotg ...0&nbsp;miles (900&nbsp;km) south of the [[Azores]]) at noon of 3 May 1943. Early that morning, ''Big Horn'' had made radar contact with a suspected U-boat a
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• 1-inch Nordenfelt gun
  {{about|the anti-torpedo boat gun|the rifle calibre "machine gun"|Nordenfelt gun}} |manufacturer=Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company
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• USS Surprise (PG-97)
  ...ch (76.2-mm) gun<br />1 x 40 mm gun<br />4 x .50-caliber (12.7-mm) machine guns ...a 40-millimeter [[Bofors]] gun aft. Pairs of .50-caliber (12.7-mm) machine guns were mounted on the upper deck amidships, one each to port and starboard.
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• USS Tacoma (PGM-92)
  ...ment=one 3-inch [[gun mount]], one 40&nbsp;mm mount, four .50 cal. machine guns ...rcise PHIBELEX/BLT 4-69, off [[Camp Pendleton|Camp Pendleton, Calif.]], in early December. In January 1970, she entered [[Long Beach Naval Shipyard]] for po
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• USS Marathon (PGM-89)
  ...p armament=one 3-inch [[gun mount]], one 40 mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns ...oat returned to [[Cam Ranh Bay]] to resume patrols. ''Marathon'' fired her guns only once, shelling [[An Thoi]] Island on 6 August with unknown results, be
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• Air Defense Anti-Tank System
  ...146 for the missile, but ultimately the FAAD contract was cancelled in the early 1990s after the end of the [[Cold War]]. It is currently in service with th It is believed that two [[FN MAG|C6 machine guns]] will be mounted on the MMEV, for self-defence.
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• 1.1"/75 caliber gun
  ...[U.S. Navy]] [[Bureau of Ordnance]] (BuOrd) decided that the [[.50 caliber machine gun]] was not adequate for future AA duties. During the early part of the World War II, they were deployed on most U.S. Navy warships of
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  |name= 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun |image=[[Image:Hotchkiss-13.2mm-x2-AA-machine-gun-batey-haosef-2-1.jpg|300px]]
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• 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
  ...th short-range missiles, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns or explosives. ...th short-range missiles, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns or explosives."<ref name=IDR30Oct07/>
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• Autocannon
  ...haosef-2-1.jpg|thumb|The [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm Oerlikon]], an early autocannon]] ...ed by a [[machine gun]]. Autocannon often have a larger [[caliber]] than a machine gun (i.e., [[20 mm caliber|20&nbsp;mm]] or greater). Usually, autocannons a
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• Gatling gun
  ...f the best known early rapid-fire weapons and a forerunner of the modern [[machine gun]]. It is well known for its use by the [[Union (American Civil War)|Uni ...icut National Guard]] had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to [[Saskatchewan]] in Canada in 1
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  ...ideal aircraft weapon, replacing the multiple 7.62&nbsp;mm (.30 caliber) [[machine gun]]s commonly used in military aircraft in the 1930s. ...Automatic Cannon Type HS.7" and HS.9. The MG FF, like all pre-war Oerlikon guns, was a [[recoil-operated]] weapon with certain unique features; a barrel th
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• Hotchkiss gun
  ...also refers to the '''Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon''', a revolving barrel [[machine gun]] invented in 1872 by [[Benjamin B. Hotchkiss]] (1826-1885), founder of ...for the first tanks. During WWII the 6 pounder was the main weapon of the early units of the numerous and successful Fairmile 'D' Class motor gunboats of t
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30
  The GSh-6-30, designed in the early 1970s and entering service in [[1975 in aviation|1975]], is a six-barreled {{Modern Gatling Guns}}
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• Kjellman machine gun
  |name= Kjellman machine gun |type=[[Machine gun]]
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...aliber M2 machine gun. For the .30-06 M2 machine gun, see [[M1919 Browning machine gun]].'' |caption= M2HB heavy machine gun on [[M3 tripod]].
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• M42 Duster
  |secondary_armament=1 x [[Browning Model 1919 machine gun|M1919A4 7.62 mm machine gun]] ...either a .30 cal. [[M1919 Browning machine gun|Browning M1919A4]] or M-60 Machine Gun.
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...s Army]] began to consider new directions for future [[military aircraft]] guns. The higher speeds of [[jet engine|jet-engined]] [[fighter aircraft]] meant ...9; it achieved 2,500 rpm, which was increased to 4,000 rpm by 1950. By the early 1950s, the USAF decided that high velocity alone might not be sufficient to
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• MG 151 cannon
  ...to have lackluster performance as the main gun on [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] early F-2, and was soon replaced by the 20&nbsp;mm version to become the standard ...he Soviet PTRD and PTRS antitank rifles and used in post-war heavy machine guns. Recent developments of 14.5mm High Explosive Incendiary rounds may be reg
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