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• Abbreviations (military)
  ...t enemy attack will come. In general terms, fighter cover between a strike force and an area of expected threat, also known as a "MiG screen". ...ing and destroying hostile aircraft before they reach their target. Combat air patrols apply to both overland and overwater operations, protecting aircraf
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• Airman's Creed
  In 2007, [[General]] T. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, introduced the '''Airman's Creed'''<ref name="CSAF Presents">{{cite web |author=General T. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...sponsibility of independent duty aboard ships and submarines; Fleet Marine Force, Special Forces and Seabee units, and at isolated duty stations where no me
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]] ...Military of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization [
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• Hooah
  '''Hooah''' ({{IPA-en|ˈhuːɑː|pron}}) is a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[battle cry]] used<ref>[http://www.cavhooah.com/hooah.htm ...y.about.com/od/jointservices/a/hooah.htm - "You can hear it shouted by Air Force Security Forces, Pararescue, and Combat Controllers. It is also known to be
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• USS Lansing (DE-388)
  ...ort|''Edsall''-class destroyer escort]], was the only ship of the [[United States Navy]] to be named for Aviation Machinist Mate First Class [[William Henry ...ses during 1961 and 1963 and engaged in search operations for a downed Air Force Globemaster in January 1964.
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...ll (DE-129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign Frederick Curtice Davis (a ...t's [[antiaircraft]] fire before further damage could be done. Again under air attack on 26 November, ''Frederick C. Davis'' splashed at least two of the
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• USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  ...ic Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort service against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. ...arted with [[Task Force]] 64 escorting a convoy bound back to the [[United States]].
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...epted radio messages which enabled her to give warning of impending German air attacks. ''Herbert C. Jones'' received the [[Navy Unit Commendation]] for h
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• USS Blair (DE-147)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...3; sponsored by Mrs. Vestie Foster, the mother of three sons in the United States Navy; and commissioned at Orange, Lt. Alden J. Laborde, [[USNR]], in comman
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• USS Chatelain (DE-149)
  ...p honours=5 [[battle stars]] plus the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...ly with five [[battle stars]] and the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]].
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• USS Sturtevant (DE-239)
  ...cean]], and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...during [[World War I]] when he, a pilot, was shot down by an overwhelming force of [[Germany|German]] fighter planes.
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• USS Moore (DE-240)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...raining exercises and then headed south to Norfolk where she joined [[Task Force|task group]] TG 24.14 and sailed, on the 15th, in the screen of [[USS Tripo
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• USS Tomich (DE-242)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. She was named in honor of [[United States Navy]] Chief Watertender and [[Croats|Croatian]] [[Peter Tomich]] who recei
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• USS Otterstetter (DE-244)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...isregard of personal danger in the effort to repel the attack on the Naval Air Station, [[Kaneohe Bay]], [[Oahu]].
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• USS Sloat (DE-245)
  ...c Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. She was named in honor of [[Rear Admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[John Drake Sloat]] (1781&ndash;1867). She was laid down
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• USS Snowden (DE-246)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...ich arrived on 8 March. The escort then moved to Norfolk and joined [[Task Force|Task Group]] (TG) 21.15, a [[Hunter-killer armored-vehicle team|hunter-kill
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• USS Stanton (DE-247)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...ber. The escorts picked up convoy GUS-24 there and headed for the [[United States]] on 15 December 1943 and arrived safely at New York on 3 January 1944.
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• USS Swasey (DE-248)
  ...c Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...[[Charles Swasey]] who was wounded during an engagement with [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces near [[Donaldsville, Louisiana]], on 4 Octo
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• USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  ...c Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...as a unit of Task Force 63 bound for [[Gibraltar]]. On 31 January, [[Task Force]] 63 stood into the [[Straits of Gibraltar]], turned over the escort of the
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...he convoy safely to Derry 26 April, and returned in convoy to the [[United States]] where she arrived New York 12 May. During the next year ''Joyce'' conduct
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...-long [[Hedgehog (weapon)|hedgehog]] and [[depth charge]] attacks brought "air bubbles, wreckage, and large quantities of oil" to the surface. A violent u
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• USS Lowe (DE-325)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was converted and ser ...owe'' went into action 20 April when her convoy came under tenacious enemy air attack off the [[North African]] coast. Simultaneously, two high speed wake
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• USS Strickland (DE-333)
  ...c Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. Post-war, she served the U.S. Navy ...was [[torpedo]]ed and badly damaged. The ship's return trip to the United States was uneventful, and she arrived at [[New York]] on 11 May.
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• USS Mills (DE-383)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war, she performed additional ...oyd Jones Mills]] who was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] posthumously for his brave actions in the [[A
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• USS Rhodes (DE-384)
  ...n]] and provided destroyer [[escort]] protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy [[Watercraft|vessels]] and [[convoys]]. Post-war she served ...ander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] E. A. Coffin of the [[United States Coast Guard]] in command.
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...returned to the [[United States]] with Convoy GUS (Gibraltar to the United States) 33 and arrived at [[New York City]] on 3 April.
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• USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...uring the [[Aleutian Islands]] Campaign and was posthumously awarded the [[Air Medal]]. She was laid down by the [[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., [[Orange, T
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  ...kins Brough]] (15 June 1914–1942), a Naval Aviator who was awarded the [[Air Medal]] [[Posthumous recognition|posthumously]] for his actions during the ...ree 3"/5O cal. guns. But as the pattern of warfare shifted from surface to air actions, repeated alterations resulted in the removal of the torpedoes, and
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• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  ...in the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[United Kingdom]] and back to the United States. Here is a list of the ETO convoys: ...me day, she again got underway; this time with Carrier Division 27. As the force steamed toward the [[Philippines]], word of Japan's surrender reached the s
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• USS Frost (DE-144)
  |Ship honours=7 [[battle stars]] and the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...oudly with seven battle stars and the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]].
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...ce was engaged in escorting convoys of 60 to 80 merchant ships from United States ports to the Mediterranean Theatre. ...loaded with vital war materials safely past the heavy enemy submarine and air concentrations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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• USS Swenning (DE-394)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. Swenning died just a few days later on December 1 1942 and w
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. ...-vehicle team|HUK]] group under {{USS|Block Island|CVE-21}}, the ''Bogue'' force sank [[Japanese submarine RO-501|RO-501]], ex-[[U-1224]], at {{coord|18|08|
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• USS Keith (DE-241)
  {{For|United States Navy ships named ''Willard Keith''|USS Willard Keith}} ...led in action on 11 June 1942, Seaman Keith was posthumously awarded the [[Air Medal]].
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• USS Price (DE-332)
  ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was assigned addition ...[Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]]. She then escorted a return convoy to the [[United States]], subsequently escorting two more convoys to Bizerte.
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• USS Pope (DE-134)
  |Ship honours=3 Battle Stars plus the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]].
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• USS Pillsbury (DE-133)
  |Ship honours=5 [[battle stars]] and a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] ...udly with five [[battle stars]] and a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]].
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• USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
  {{otheruses4|the United States Navy ship|other meanings|Chincoteague}} |Ship caption=USS ''Chincoteague'' (AVP-24) off the [[United States West Coast]] in mid-1945 after an [[wikt:overhaul|overhaul]].
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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  |Ship notes=Served as U.S. Coast Guard [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] [[USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)|USCGC ''Bering '''USS ''Bering Strait'' (AVP-34)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] small [[
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Transferred to [[United States Coast Guard]] 27 May 1946
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  |Ship notes=Served as [[United States Coast Guard]] [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] [[USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)|USCGC ''Yakutat'' (W '''USS ''Yakutat'' (AVP-32)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] small [[
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• USS Humboldt (AVP-21)
  |Ship notes=Served as U.S. [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372)|USCGC ' '''USS ''Humboldt'' (AVP-21)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] small [[seapla
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• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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• USCGC Coos Bay (WAVP-376)
  ...time between 1949 and the U.S. Coast Guard's 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship country=United States
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• USS Barataria (AVP-33)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Loaned to [[United States Coast Guard]] 17 September 1948<br/>Transferred outright to Coast Guard 26
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• USS Biscayne (AVP-11)
  |Ship notes=Served as U.S. [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)|USCGC ''D ...eaplane tender from 1941 to 1943 and as an [[amphibious warfare|amphibious force]] [[flagship]] from 1943 to 1946.
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• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Transferred to [[United States Coast Guard]] 27 May 1946
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• USS Big Horn (AO-45)
  '''USS ''Big Horn'' (AO-45/IX-207)''' was a [[Q-ship]] of the [[United States Navy]] named for the [[Bighorn River]] of [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]]. ...such a position that no action could be taken without damaging the United States troopship ''Mexico'' or the Egyptian ship ''Raz El Farog''. At 16:27, looko
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  The '''''Barnegat'' class''' was a large class of [[United States Navy]] small [[seaplane tender]]s built during [[World War II]]. Thirty wer ...rce of seaplane tenders in the event of a war in the [[Pacific]], to allow air operations from undeveloped islands and atolls. Full-size seaplane tenders
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...ifferent weapons. Compared to the British [[QF 3.7 inch AA gun]] or United States [[90 mm gun]] models, the 88 was built in very large numbers,{{Citation nee ...of anti-aircraft defenses as a whole, the guns should be transferred from air defense units to anti-tank duties, but this politically unpopular move was
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• ADEN cannon
  ...craft]], particularly those of the British [[Royal Air Force]] and [[Fleet Air Arm]]. ...ed below the fuselage of British [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]] (and [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]] AV-8A/Cs) and [[Sea Harrier]]s and the Swedish '''FFV A
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• USCGC Triton (WPC-116)
  |Ship country=[[United States]] |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} {{USN flag|1967}}
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• USS Tucumcari (PGH-2)
  |Ship country=United States ...Atlantic Fleet; the United States NATO Mission; Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces Europe, and others.
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• USS PC-1141
  |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} ...-1141''''' was a {{sclass|PC-461|submarine chaser}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She was renamed '''USS ''Pierre'' (PC-1141)
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• Air Defense Anti-Tank System
  ...[Short Range Air Defense|short range]] [[surface-to-air missile|surface-to-air]] and [[anti-tank guided missile|anti-tank]] missile system based on the [[ ...e [[Cold War]]. It is currently in service with the [[Canadian Forces Land Force Command|Canadian Army]] as a mobile, M113 based system, and in [[Thailand]]
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• Mokopa
  ...tages of development, and is being integrated onto the [[South African Air Force]]'s [[Rooivalk]] attack [[helicopter]]s. The missile is produced by [[Denel ...omplete, and the first batches are currently being delivered to the SA Air Force's Rooivalk squadron. However, as the Rooivalk system is only expected to be
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  ...st common light anti-aircraft cannon used by the German army, navy and air force.]] --> ...wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm27.htm National Museum of the United States Air Force]-->
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  |origin= United States The '''Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun''' is a [[United States|US]] naval gun.
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun
  |origin= United States ...un]] for different usages. The 5"/54 Mk 42 is an automatic, dual-purpose (air / surface target) gun mount. It is usually controlled remotely from the Mk
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...were used in support of Army divisions to provide swift protection against air attack without the need to unlimber. this was known as the "Carrier, SP, 4x ...al Navy]] also made extensive use of the Bofors. Their first examples were air-cooled versions quickly adapted to ships during the withdrawal from Norway.
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• Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
  ...me [[anti-tank]] role as the [[United States Army|US Army]] [[Bazooka]], [[United Kingdom|British]] [[PIAT]] and [[Germany|German]] [[Panzerschreck]]. Unlike ...itish Special Air Service]], [[United States Special Forces]] and [[United States Army Rangers]] use M3s in the [[bunker]]-busting and anti-vehicle roles, wh
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• Colt Mk 12 cannon
  |origin= United States |used_by= United States Navy
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• GAU-12 Equalizer
  |origin={{flagcountry|United States}} ...[[Gatling gun]]-style rotary cannon. The GAU-12/U is used by the [[United States]], Italy and Spain, which mount the weapon in their fighter jets such as th
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• GAU-7 cannon
  ...ilco]] GAU-7/A''' was an abortive program initiated by [[United States Air Force]] in the late 1960s to develop a new [[cannon]] to replace the [[M61 Vulcan
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• GAU-8 Avenger
  |origin= {{flagcountry|United States}} |used_by= [[United States]]
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• Gatling gun
  ...ref name=Greeley1872>{{cite book |title=The Great Industries of the United States |last=Greeley |first=Horace |authorlink=Horace Greeley |coauthors=Leon Case ...t true fully automatic weapon, making use of the fired projectile's recoil force to reload the weapon. Nonetheless, the Gatling gun represented a huge leap
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  ...the TCM-20 twin anti-aircraft configuration, displayed at the Israeli Air Force Museum. |origin={{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
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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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• M39 cannon
  ...single-barreled [[revolver cannon]] developed for the [[United States Air Force]] in the late 1940s. It was used on a number of [[fighter aircraft]] from t ...the [[Luftwaffe]], but not used in combat. The same design inspired the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[ADEN cannon]] and the [[France|French]] [[DEFA cannon|D
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• M42 Duster
  |engine=6-[[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] [[air-cooled engine|air cooled]] [[gasoline engine|gasoline]] ...t tank and was constructed of all welded steel. The 500 hp, six cylinder, air-cooled, gasoline engine is located in the rear of the vehicle. A total of 3
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• M4 cannon
  |origin= [[United States]] |used_by=[[United States]]
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• M61 Vulcan
  |origin= [[United States]] |used_by= [[United States]]/[[NATO]]
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...vate venture by the company in [[1940]] and was submitted to the ''[[Reich Air Ministry|Reichsluftfahrtministerium]]'' (RLM—Reich Aviation Ministry) in ....asp?id=1041 factsheet from the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]], Dayton, Ohio]
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• Mark 13 torpedo
  At the close of the war, the Mark 13 was considered one of the most reliable air-dropped torpedoes available. #{{Note|afmuseum}} National Museum of the United States Air Force. [http://web.archive.org/web/20060709192711/http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/
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• Mark 14 torpedo
  |origin= [[United States]] ...Torpedo#Wet-heater|Wet-heater]] combustion / steam turbine with compressed air tank
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• Mark 15 torpedo
  ...edo hit probability increased as evasive maneuvering of the large, compact force was restricted within the closer screen.<ref name="proceedings">*{{Citation United States Navy ''War Instructions'' (FTP 143) published in 1934 remained in effect th
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• Mk44 Bushmaster II
  | origin = [[United States]] ...Switzerland|Swiss Army]], [[Royal Navy]], [[United States Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps]]
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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  |origin= {{Flag|United States}} The Mk&nbsp;19 is a belt fed, blowback operated, air cooled, crew served, fully automatic weapon that is designed not to [[cooki
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
  ...tical rate of fire was 850 rounds per minute, although [[United States Air Force]] (USAF) tests of captured weapons achieved an actual rate of fire of only
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• QF 3.7 inch AA gun
  |caption= 3.7 inch Anti-Aircraft Gun on display at the [[United States Army Ordnance Museum|U.S. Army Ordnance Museum]] in [[Aberdeen, Maryland]] The '''3.7-Inch QF AA''' was [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] primary heavy [[anti-aircraft gun]] during [[World War
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• QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
  ...ery Pocket Book |year=1945 |page=51}}</ref><ref>Sired, Enemy Engaged, p23, states: "The Italians did not press home their attacks very hard and I thought the ...ter they ran out of AA ammunition. No ''Dido'' class cruiser was lost from air attack, although four were sunk by submarine or surface launched torpedoes.
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...gun mounts against stationary, or moving targets on the surface or in the air. This gave American forces a technological advantage in WWII against the Ja ...just before it could have finished off survivors of the lightly armed task force of screening escorts and escort carriers of Taffy 3. The [[Battle of the Su
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• Type 91 torpedo
  |wingspan= 69 cm (27-1/4 in. in the air), 66 cm (26 in. in the water) Yokosuka air arsenal was once developing 2 tons large aerial torpedo for 4-engine land-b
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• Activated carbon
  ...|pyrolyzed]] at temperatures in the range 600&ndash;900 °C, in absence of air (usually in inert atmosphere with gases like [[argon]] or [[nitrogen]]) ..., Mn, Zn, Fe, Li, Ca have also been prepared for specific application in [[air pollution]] control especially in museums and galleries. Due to antimicrobi
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• Aspirin
  ...demark in [[France]], [[Russia]], the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States]], where it became a generic name and can be spelled in lower case.<ref>
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• Mercury (element)
  ...g/cm³) floats in mercury due to the combination of the buoyant force and surface tension.]] ...um, tungsten and platinum. When heated, mercury also reacts with oxygen in air to form [[mercury oxide]], which then can be decomposed by further heating
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• Diazepam
  Diazepam was the top-selling pharmaceutical in the [[United States]] from 1969 to 1982, with peak sales in 1978 of 2.3 billion tablets.<ref na ...agnosis and management of alcohol-related seizures: report of an EFNS task force. | journal = Eur J Neurol | volume = 12 | issue = 8 | pages = 575–81 | mo
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• Sodium chloride
  ...mine near [[Mount Morris, New York|Mount Morris]], [[New York]], [[United States]]]] ...]]s, the top five producers (in million tonnes) being China (60.0), United States (46.0), Germany (16.5), India (15.8) and Canada (14.0).<ref>[http://mineral
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• Airspeed Oxford
  |primary user= [[Royal Air Force]] ...apidly put into production as part of a rapid expansion of the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) in anticipation of a large-scale conflict.
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• Temazepam
  [[File:Temazepam DOJ.jpg|thumb|15 & 30 mg capsules ([[United States|US]])]] The United States Air Force uses temazepam as one of the hypnotics approved as "no-go pills" to help av
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• Paper
  {{Also|Air-laid paper}} Pressing the sheet removes the water by force. Once the water is forced from the sheet, felt (not to be confused with the
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• Radar-absorbent material
  The [[United States Air Force]] introduced a radar absorbent paint made from both [[ferrofluid]]ic and no
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• Polymer engineering
  ...0px|[[B-2 Spirit]] stealth bomber of the [[United States Air Force|U.S Air Force]].]]
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• Petroleum
  ...'t'' is in Celsius and ''d'' is the specific gravity at 15 °C.<ref>United States Bureau of Standards, "Thermal Properties of Petroleum Products". Miscellan ...bon dioxide and other gases or chemicals into the reservoir. In the United States, primary production methods account for less than 40% of the oil produced o
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• Metal
  ...ns]] through electron loss,<ref name="morty"/> reacting with oxygen in the air to form [[oxide]]s over changing timescales (iron [[rust]]s over years, whi ...|tensile]] (pulling) force, [[compressive strength|compressive]] (pushing) force, [[Simple shear|shear]], [[bending]] or [[torsion (mechanics)|torsion]] (tw
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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 }}</ref> [[Operation Allied Force|bombing of Serbia]], and the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news
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• Polystyrene
  ...hydrocarbon chains that consist of thousand of atoms, the total attractive force between the molecules is large. However, when the polymer is heated (or, e ...t require a 15 minute thermal barrier) according to [[Building code#United States|US building codes]]. A growing use of EPS in construction is [[Insulating c
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• Gunpowder
  ...leloading]] rifles and pistols in FFFG granulation size. [[Quarter (United States coin)|Coin]] (diameter 24 mm) for comparison.]] ...tion of the powder packed behind a bullet must generate enough pressure to force it from the muzzle at high speed, but not enough to rupture the [[gun barre
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• Architectural glass
  ...e the pipe, then rapidly spun on a table before it could cool. Centrifugal force shaped the hot globe of glass into a round, flat sheet. The sheet would the ...tempered laminated glass) it remains in the opening and can withstand more force for a longer period of time, making it much more difficult to get through.
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