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  • ...8 x 40-millimeter [[antiaircraft]] guns<br/>8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br/>2 x [[depth charge]] tracks ...p tank|landing ships tank]] (LSTs), 15 [[Landing ship medium|landing ships medium]] (LSMs), nine LCIs, seven motor [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]] (YMS),
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  • | type = Anti-aircraft machine gun ...,62&nbsp;mm VKT anti-aircraft machine gun''' was the primary anti-aircraft machine gun of the [[Finnish Army]] during [[World War II]]. The weapon was designe
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  • ...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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  • [[File:Il2 2 ns37 machine cannon moscow march 1943.jpg|thumb|Il2 with NS-37]] ...light planes only first shot was truly aimed. Additionally, penetration of medium and heavy tanks' top armour was possible only at high angles (above 40 degr
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  • ...retreat, stripping most of the army's infantry anti-tank capability. Those guns captured at Dunkirk entered German service under the designation '''4.0&nbs ...ng anti-tank guns (and their crews) at distances beyond the range of their machine gun.
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  • |manufacturer=[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]]<br>[[Vickers|Vickers, Sons & Maxi ...1880s by [[Hiram Maxim]] as an enlarged version of the [[Maxim gun|Maxim machine gun]]. Its longer range necessitated exploding projectiles to judge range,
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  • ...he early 45-[[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibre]] family of guns up to the 1970s. For the current unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see [ Like all British nominally 4.5&nbsp;inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45&nbsp;inches (113&nbsp;mm)<ref>Ja
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  • | image = [[Image:HMS Sirius guns.jpg|300px]] ...able when the first ''Didos'' were launched for the full complement of ten guns; priority was given to the battleships. The ''Bellona'' class cruisers, a m
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  • ...destroyer escorts or escort carriers) employed GFCS for 5 inch and larger guns, up to battleships such as the [[Armament of the Iowa class battleship|USS ...l the firing of several guns at once. In naval engagements both the firing guns and target are moving, and the variables are compounded by the greater dist
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  • ...sed as an [[anti-aircraft gun]] in fixed mounts with between one and three guns, but was designed as a dual-purpose weapon for use against armor as well. ...aced for a number of guns and mounts for evaluation. Firing tests of these guns were conducted at [[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal]] in 1935. The first few weapons
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  • ...dye]], but most often [[paint]] by a process of [[nebulization]]. '''Spray guns''' developed from the airbrush and are still considered a type of airbrush. ...duce paintings of photographic realism or can simulate almost any painting medium. Painting at this skill level involves supplementary tools, such as masks
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