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  • [[Image:2001gun88mmwiki.jpg|thumb|88 mm display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, 2001]] ...pons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.
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  • ...-cradle twin turret mounting of 203 cm/53 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] guns. |origin= [[Italy]]
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  • |caption=This photo shows the typical fore-and-aft installation of a twin turret superfiring over a triple turret. |origin= [[Italy]]
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  • |image=[[File:RNVittorio Veneto-Battle of Cape Spartivento.jpg|300px]] ...Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] guns firing during the [[Battle of Cape Spartivento]].
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  • |used_by={{flag|Czechoslovakia}}<br />{{flag|Nazi Germany}}<br />{{flag|Italy}}<br />{{flag|Finland}} |wars=[[World War II]]
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  • |caption=An animation representing the loading cycle of the Mark I turret for the BL 15 inch Mark I. ...1940s. Five guns were mounted in Singapore in the 1930s. The firing life of a 15 inch gun was approximately 335 full charge firings, after which it had
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  • ...gned ''Stiffkey Sight'', being operated by the aimer standing to the right of the loader (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights ...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]]
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  • ...mage:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italy]] ...Italy]]<br>{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{CHN}}<ref>Some were captured during the war and pressed into service [http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/equipar
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  • ...r on Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) ..."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 Browning's e
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  • |wars= [[Vietnam War]] ...rate. The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of [[United States]] military [[fixed-wing aircraft]] for fifty years. The M61
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  • |used_by={{UK}}<br>{{flag|Italy|1861-state}}<br>{{JPN}} ...er 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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  • ...le, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]]. ...explosives [[detonation|detonate]], producing a supersonic wave. Ignition of the powder packed behind a bullet must generate enough pressure to force it
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  • The tactic of [[terrorism]] is available to [[insurgency|insurgents]] and governments. No ...and other measures may focus more on the insurgency than the specific acts of terror. [[Foreign internal defense]] (FID) is a term used by several countr
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  • ...t]</ref><ref>[http://www.voltairenet.org/article30425.html The Confessions of Luis Posada Carriles]</ref> ...ity.<ref name="LA Times"/> On September 9, 2008, the [[United States Court of Appeals]] for the Fifth Circuit reversed the District Court's Order dismiss
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  • {{About|the international military campaign|the board game|War on Terror (game)}} {{multiple issues|refimprove=March 2010|weasel = March 2010|expert=War}}
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