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- ...all|destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and pr ==World War II North Atlantic operations==29 KB (4,342 words) - 19:30, 2 July 2010
- ...than Wainwright, Jr.]] <br/>• [[Richard Wainwright (naval officer, Civil War)|Richard Wainwright]] ...Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w1/wainwright-i.htm | title = Wainwright | short = on | accessdate = 25 April 2009 }}</ref>25 KB (3,748 words) - 19:31, 2 July 2010
- ...or the [[United States Navy]] prior to the American entry into [[World War I]]. The ship was the second U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of both [[David ...{{convert|1090|LT|MT}}. She was armed with four {{convert|4|in|cm|adj=on}} guns and had eight {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. ''Porter'' was15 KB (2,142 words) - 22:18, 2 July 2010
- [[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.22 KB (3,358 words) - 22:40, 1 July 2010
- |wars= Second World War ...[autocannon]] designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in World War II with French, Japanese and other nations' forces. Other than the designer4 KB (556 words) - 21:21, 3 October 2011
- |caption= A 120 mm M1 anti-aircraft gun at [[United States Army Ordnance Museum|US Army Ordnance Museum]]. |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft gun]]4 KB (658 words) - 19:14, 27 September 2011
- |wars= [[Second World War]] ...and manufactured by [[Hotchkiss et Cie]] from the late 1920s until [[World War II]] where it saw service with various nation's forces, including Japan whe4 KB (577 words) - 22:14, 1 July 2010
- |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 whil11 KB (1,603 words) - 22:17, 1 July 2010
- |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun |wars= World War I4 KB (519 words) - 22:22, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]] ...fulness against lightly armored ground targets. Crews of the 37 mm AD guns shot down 14,657 Axis planes<ref name="ReferenceA">Shunkov V. N. - ''The We12 KB (1,630 words) - 22:24, 1 July 2010
- ...[[first American shots fired in World War II|first American shot of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941 |wars= [[World War I]] [[World War II]]5 KB (698 words) - 22:33, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[Falklands war]] ...libre [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun]]s. Like all British 4.5 inch naval guns, it actually has a calibre of 4.45 inches (113 mm)<ref name=Janes1999>Jane'8 KB (1,183 words) - 22:34, 1 July 2010
- ...uzzle velocity of 2650fps (808m/s).<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'', p48.</ref> The 40 degree elevation was justified on the grounds that [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]2 KB (314 words) - 22:35, 1 July 2010
- |wars= [[World War II]] ...ever mounted on any warship. They were actually 46 cm (18.1 in) guns, but were designated 40 cm in an effort to hide their true size.3 KB (473 words) - 22:36, 1 July 2010
- |wars= World War I, World War II '''5"/51 caliber guns''' (spoken "five-inch-fifty-one-caliber") formed the main battery of the fi7 KB (975 words) - 22:37, 1 July 2010
- |era=[[World War I]] - [[World War II]] |wars= [[World War II]]5 KB (873 words) - 22:39, 1 July 2010
- |image= [[Image:7.5 cm L45 M32 anti-aircraft gun.jpg|300px]] |era=[[World War II]]5 KB (808 words) - 22:39, 1 July 2010
- ...r the war some 52-Ks were refitted for peaceful purposes as anti-avalanche guns in a mountainous terrain. ...mm air defense gun KS-19|100]] and [[130 mm air defense gun KS-30|130 mm]] guns.6 KB (811 words) - 22:41, 1 July 2010
- |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] |wars=[[World War II]]3 KB (358 words) - 22:48, 1 July 2010
- | name = 18 inch Mark I | wars = [[World War I]]13 KB (2,013 words) - 22:57, 1 July 2010