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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  |image=Beirutbarr.jpg|300px|caption=A smoke cloud rises from the rubble of the bombed barracks at Beirut International Airport. ...0|N|35|29|17|E|type:landmark|name=DrakkarBarracks}}<br/>'Drakkar' barracks of French [[''1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes'']], Ramlet al Baida, B
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• 9M133 Kornet
  ...w/at-14.htm) |title=Kornet (AT-14) |accessdate=2008-11-08 |work=Federation of American Scientists |date=1999-06-19}}</ref>. ...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
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• 9K115-2 Metis-M
  ...sia]]n [[anti-tank missile]] system. "9K115-2" is the [[GRAU]] designation of the missile. Its [[NATO reporting name]] is '''AT-13''' ''Saxhorn-2''. The system is designed to augment the combat power of [[Company (military unit)|company-level]]
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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]] |origin=[[Israel]]
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  ...mitrailleuse de 13.2 mm CA mle 1930''', in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel. ...ive use as a naval gun, and was also chosen by the French cavalry for some of its armoured vehicles.
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  |used_by={{flag|Soviet Union}}, <br>{{flag|People's Republic of China}}, <br>{{flag|North Vietnam}}, <br>{{flag|Cambodia}} ...1939-37mm-hatzerim-1.jpg|thumb|61-K at IDF/AF Museum, Chatzerim airbase, [[Israel]].]]
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• Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
  ...ns">[http://www13.plala.or.jp/aconit/e-nerima_soubi.html "Exhibision (sic) of Equipments".] Retrieved on July 29, 2008.</ref> ...gunner and loader), but may be used by a single operator at a reduced rate of fire.
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• Close-in weapon system
  Nearly all classes of modern [[warship]] are equipped with some kind of CIWS device. ...le rapid-fire medium-calibre guns placed on a rotating gun mount. Examples of gun based CIWS products in operation are:
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• DEFA cannon
  |image= [[File:Canon DEFA MG 1359.jpg|300px|DEFA cannon of a [[Mirage III]] in twin mount.]] |caption= DEFA cannon of a [[Mirage III]] in twin mount.
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• M242 Bushmaster
  ...lt and has dual-feed capability. The term "chain gun" derives from the use of a roller chain that drives the bolt back and forth. ...on has an effective range of 3,000 [[Metre|meter]]s, depending on the type of ammunition used.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...lklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Po ...Gun''', or "Ma Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John
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• M42 Duster
  |caption=M42 in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Israel. ...County (LST-1153)|USS ''Talbot County'' (LST-1153)]] offloads M42 Dusters of the 517th Artillery at the [[Rio Hato]] training area in [[Panama]] during
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• Meroka CIWS
  ...pose is defence against [[anti-ship missile]]s, and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against aircraft, ships and other small cr ...German]] ''Mehrrohrkanone'', meaning ''multi-barrelled gun'') can refer to weapons such as the [[Nordenfelt gun]] but is more commonly used referring to this
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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  |manufacturer= Saco Defense Industries (now a division of [[General Dynamics|General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products]]), Com ...While the MK 19 has a [[flash suppressor]], it serves to save the eyesight of its operator, and does not conceal the weapon's position. For night operat
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  ...ion=The QF 2 pounder in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel. Note the folded legs of the carriage. ...un on British tanks early in World War II, and was a typical main armament of [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]]s such as the [[Daimler Armoured Car
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• Phalanx CIWS
  ...e="navweaps">{{cite web|author=Tony DiGiulian |url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_Phalanx.htm |title=USA 20 mm Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) |pu ...ilitary/systems/ship/systems/mk-15-specs.htm |title=MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=2005-04-27 |accessdate=20
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. ...breech together weighed 2250&nbsp;lb). While other AA guns also had a bore of 3&nbsp;inches, the term "3 inch" was only ever used to identify this gun in
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• Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station
  ...Armament Development Authority]</ref>. There are a total of three variants of the Samson family: ...well as 40 mm grenade launcher, weighing 140 - 160 [[kg]], similar to that of [[Typhoon Weapon System#Variants|Mini Typhoon naval ROWS and OWS]].
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• Typhoon Weapon System
  ...g|thumb|Typhoon armed with 25 mm gun on [[Shaldag class fast patrol boat]] of the [[Israeli Navy]].]] ...in weapon system]] manufactured by [[Rafael Advanced Defense Systems]] of Israel, and it shares similar design principles and common technologies with [[Sam
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• Depleted uranium
  [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716085611/http://www ...shed from DU produced as a byproduct of uranium enrichment by the presence of [[uranium-236|U-236]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.un.org/News/Press/do
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