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• USS Escape (ARS-6)
  |Ship armament=two 40 mm AA [[gun mounts]]; four .50 cal. machine guns ...alvage ship]] commissioned by the [[U.S. Navy]] for service in [[World War II]]. She was responsible for coming to the aid of stricken vessels.
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  ...ircraft gun mount, 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, and 6 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns (also [[Mousetrap (weapon)|Mousetrap]] aboard ''Coos Bay'' only). ...pult|catapult]] training ship.<ref name="Conway p. 157">''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922&ndash;1946'', p. 157</ref>
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  [[Image:2001gun88mmwiki.jpg|thumb|88 mm display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, 2001]] ...s of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.
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• 20.3 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  ...seen aboard ''Admiral Hipper'' was the standard mounting of 20 cm SK C/34 guns. |wars=[[Second World War]]
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• 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 gun
  |image=[[Image:Colbert-1-Main guns.jpg|200px|]] |caption=Main guns of the [[French cruiser Colbert (1928)|''Colbert'']]
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• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...rrier]]s.<ref name="Campbell"/> The typical installation was ten 20 cm/50 guns; although [[Tone class cruiser|''Tone'']] class cruisers carried eight whil
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• 203 mm /53 Italian naval gun
  ...mounting of 203 cm/53 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] guns. |wars=[[Second World War]]
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• 320 mm Model 1934 naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...carried two 548-tonne twin turrets and two 745-tonne triple turrets. All guns used pneumatically operated side-swing [[Welin breech block]]s. Each barre
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• 381mm / 50 Model 1934 naval gun
  |caption=381 mm/50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] guns firing during the [[Battle of Cape Spartivento]]. |wars=[[Second World War]]
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  |used_by= US Navy, US Coast Guard, Royal Navy, Danish Navy, Italian Navy, Japanese Navy, South Vietnamese Navy, and every navy that bought surp |wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who b
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun
  ...System]] or the [[Mk 160 Gun Computing System]]. Since before [[World War II]], 5" has been the standard gun caliber for U.S. Naval ships. Its rate of * {{sclass|Salih Reis|frigate}}s (MEKO 200 TN II-B)
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• 8"/55 caliber gun
  |wars= [[World War II]]<br/>[[Korean War]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]] These simplified built-up guns eliminated hoops to reduce weight to 17 tons. The breech mechanism was sim
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• Autocannon
  ...nderGunIWMApril2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...per minute (Mauser BK-27). Systems with [[Gatling gun#Modern Gatling-style guns|multiple barrels]] can have rates of fire of several thousand rounds per mi
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• BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun
  |caption=Mk VIII guns in X and Y Mk I turrets aboard {{HMS|Kent|54|6}} |wars=[[Second World War]]
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX – X
  ...has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] ...f Munitions 1922, Volume X, Part 1, page 73. Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press 2008. ISBN 1 847348 84 X</ref>
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] ...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 to simply as
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• Breda Model 35
  .../www.jaegerplatoon.net/AA_GUNS1.htm FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS PART 1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br>{{flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germa |wars=[[Spanish Civil War]], [[World War II]]
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• Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34
  ...o 34''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] anti-aircraft gun used during [[World War II]]. The designation means it had a caliber of 75 mm, the barrel was 46 calib * [[Italian Army equipment in World War II]]
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• Cannone da 90/53
  ...f the most successful anti-aircraft guns to see service during [[World War II]]. It was used both in an anti-aircraft role and as an anti-tank gun. The d The Cannone da 90/53 was designed by [[Italian Ansaldo company|Ansaldo]], the first examples being produced in 1939. The o
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• M61 Vulcan
  |wars= [[Vietnam War]] ...s Army]] began to consider new directions for future [[military aircraft]] guns. The higher speeds of [[jet engine|jet-engined]] [[fighter aircraft]] meant
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