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  • ...r (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. ...llies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the '''''Bofors gun'''''.
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  • ...s, fighter bombers, night fighters, ground attack and even bombers as part of or as their main armament during [[World War II]]. ...tandard cannon for the Bf 109F-4 series onwards until it was superseded by the 30&nbsp;mm [[MK 108 cannon]].<ref>[http://www.vectorsite.net/avbf109_2.html
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  • |wars= [[Russo-Japanese War]], [[World War I]], [[Russian Revolution of 1917]], [[Russian Civil War]], [[Winter War]], [[World War II]], [[Chinese ...Nagant revolver designs were also adopted by police and military services of [[Sweden]] (7.5&nbsp;mm M1887), [[Norway]] (M1893), [[Poland]], and [[Greec
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  • |weight=480 kg (without ammunition, including 387 kg of ballast) ..., and widely produced by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] and others. Various models of Oerlikon cannon were used during [[World War II]], and they are still in us
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  • |caption=Type 41 3-inch (7.62 cm) 40 calibre gun on [[Japanese battleship Mikasa]] |wars= [[Second Boer War]]<br>[[Boxer Rebellion]]<br>[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
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  • |origin= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] ...ain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]<br>{{flagicon|South Africa|1912}} [[Union of South Africa]]<br>{{AUS}}
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  • |part_length={{convert|212.6|in|m}} (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])<ref Name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page108 /> ...Armstrong Whitworth#Elswick Ordnance Company|Elswick Ordnance Company]] in the 1890s and used by various countries.<ref name="DiG">DiGiulian</ref>
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  • ...cases for [[cordite]] propellant were much shorter. A shell stands next to the cartridge. |used_by=[[Royal Navy]]<br>[[Imperial Japanese Navy]]<br>{{CHL}}<br>{{ITA}}<br>{{ARG}}
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  • |name= Japanese Type 14 10cm AA Gun |origin={{flag|Empire of Japan}}
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  • |caption=A Japanese Type 3 anti-aircraft gun |origin={{flag|Empire of Japan}}
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  • |origin={{flag|Empire of Japan}} ...flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]][[Imperial Japanese Army]]
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  • |origin={{flag|Empire of Japan}} ...flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]][[Imperial Japanese Army]]
    6 KB (922 words) - 21:37, 2 July 2010
  • |name= Japanese Type 88 75mm AA Gun |image=[[Image:Japanese Type 88 75mm AA Gun.jpg|300px]]
    7 KB (982 words) - 21:39, 2 July 2010
  • {{RoughTranslation|Japanese|日本語}} ...ard an aircraft carrier, each lower half was retouched in black to conceal the roll rudders.
    63 KB (9,925 words) - 21:39, 2 July 2010
  • |name= Japanese Type 11 75mm AA Gun |origin={{flag|Empire of Japan}}
    4 KB (538 words) - 21:39, 2 July 2010
  • |image=[[Image:Japanese 25mm dual mount anti-aircraft gun - Guam.jpg|300px]] |caption=A US military photograph of a captured dual gun emplacement on [[Guam]] in 1944.
    12 KB (1,783 words) - 21:41, 2 July 2010
  • |image=[[Image:Type 98 Japanese 20 mm anti-aircraft gun - Beijing Museum.jpg|300px]] ...98 20 mm cannon at the [[China People's Revolution Military Museum]]. Note the gun has no magazine fitted.
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  • |name= Japanese Type 99 88mm AA Gun |origin={{flag|Empire of Japan}}
    4 KB (554 words) - 21:41, 2 July 2010
  • ...[[Oerlikon FF]] and [[Oerlikon FFL]]. They were adopted by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] in 1939 and served as their standard [[aircraft]] [[autocannon]] dur ...blowback (arms)|advanced primer ignition blowback]] mechanism pioneered by the [[20 mm Becker|Becker]] cannon, but fired different ammunition: 20x72RB, 20
    8 KB (1,079 words) - 21:42, 2 July 2010
  • ...le, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]]. ...ssure to force it from the muzzle at high speed, but not enough to rupture the [[gun barrel]]. Gunpowder is thus less suitable for shattering rock or fort
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