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• XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon
  |origin={{flagcountry|United States}} ...Grenade Launcher used by the [[German Army]] and other [[Europe]]an armed forces.
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• 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 gun
  |used_by=[[United States Navy]]<br>[[Royal Hellenic Navy]] ...duty aboard two of the American battleships of the [[6th Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)#Reformation|6th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet]], it was never
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• United States 40 mm grenades
  ...it calls [[High-Low System|High-Low Propulsion System]] which keeps recoil forces with in the boundaries of infantry weapon. Presented on this page is a basi ...y rifles, development commenced on non-explosive cartridges to allow those armed with grenade launchers to engage targets at shorter ranges safely.
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the '''''Bofors gun'''''. ...the year before, this became known as the '''40&nbsp;mm akan M/32'''. Most forces referred to it as the '''Bofors 40&nbsp;mm L/60''', although the barrel was
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• Carl Gustav M/45
  The Swedish armed forces have phased out the Kpist m/45 submachine gun from inventory, officially de ...S Navy had ended most SEAL missions in Asia. Many of the m/45's used by US forces and agencies were "sanitized", which means that they were devoid of any mar
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• Dahlgren gun
  Aside from use in naval service, boat howitzers saw service with the land forces as well. The boat howitzers were occasionally used in artillery batteries, ...be left behind during the unit's withdraw and were captured by Confederate forces.
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• M242 Bushmaster
  | origin = [[United States]] ...the [[US armed forces]], as well as by [[NATO]]'s and some other nations' forces in ground vehicles and watercraft.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} ...e War]] <br>[[Falklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operat
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...ting down enemy bombers. Some of the aircraft deploying, or intended to be armed, with the MK 108 were [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]], [[Messerschmitt Bf 110]], [ ...its adoption was much slower than usual in reaching British night-bombing forces, as there were rarely any survivors from the attacks to report the new thre
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• Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher
  | origin = {{Flagcountry|United States}} ...t has been replaced by the Mark 19 in service with the United States Armed Forces.
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• Phalanx CIWS
  | origin = United States ...']] and [[USCG Maritime Security Cutter, Large|''Legend'']] class [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutters]] and the navies of 23 allied nations.{{Citation
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ==United Kingdom service==
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...ionary, or moving targets on the surface or in the air. This gave American forces a technological advantage in WWII against the Japanese who did not develop ...urned back just before it could have finished off survivors of the lightly armed task force of screening escorts and escort carriers of Taffy 3. The [[Battl
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• TEC-9
  {{flag|United States}} The TEC-9 was not accepted by any armed forces leading to its use as a civilian gun. The civilian model of the TEC-9 quick
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• Type 93 torpedo
  ...IJN had fewer [[battleship]]s than the U.S. Navy, IJN planned to use light forces ([[light cruiser]]s, [[destroyer]]s, and [[submarine]]s) to whittle down th ...ts]] offering protection against splinters, and tube reloaders. While IJN armed nearly all of its cruisers with Type 93s, no American heavy cruisers, and o
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...nued to achieve export sales for some time, equipping the newly formed air forces of Egypt, India, Israel, and [[Yugoslavia]]. It was considered to be a capa ...June 1938, p. 631.</ref> On 19 June 1937, the first prototype Oxford, ''[[United Kingdom military aircraft serials|L4534]]'', conducted its [[maiden flight|
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• The World Factbook
  ...nce resource produced by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] of the United States with [[almanac]]-style information about the [[List of countries|countries ...le from the other 270 country listings. }}</ref> As a [[Work of the United States Government|work of the U.S. government]], it is in the [[public domain]].<r
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• Depleted uranium
  ...ons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic ef ...e/faq16.cfm How much depleted uranium hexafluoride is stored in the United States]</ref><ref>[http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/documents/index.cfm Depleted UF<
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• Oil analysis
  ...int Oil Analysis Program]] (JOAP) involving all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The JOAP results proved conclusively that increases in component wear coul
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• COSHH
  parliament=United Kingdom Parliament| territorial_extent=United Kingdom, overseas<ref>[[Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974]], s.84; re
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