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...1 and remained through the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Following the war, the title Surgeon's Steward was abolished in favor of [[Apothecary]], a po ...lobbied the Navy administration to take action. With the Spanish-American War looming, Congress passed a bill authorizing establishment of the U.S. Navy

...bombing''' (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) during the Lebanese Civil War, two [[truck bomb]]s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the Un ...nam War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30

...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==

...ll-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...tactics, maneuvering, and the hundreds of other tasks demanded of a man-o-war.

...''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and pr ==World War II North Atlantic operations==

...to [[South Vietnam]] 15 June 1972<br/>Captured by [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]] May 1975 ...0-caliber ([[12.7-millimeter]]) [[machine gun]]s<br/>All [[antisubmarine]] weapons (previously 1 x [[Mark 10]] Mod 0 [[antisubmarine]] projector, 2 x Mark 32

...y purpose is defense against anti-ship missiles and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed or rotary wing aircraft, shi *{{flag|Vietnam}}

==Construction, operations in San Diego, and deployment to Vietnam== ...Market Time, the shoreline patrol established to stop the flow from North Vietnam of Communist arms and infiltrators. While performing this duty, she logged

|wars=[[World War II]]<br>[[Korean War]]<br>[[Vietnam War]]<br>[[Gulf War]] | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm

...|Soviet Union}}, <br>{{flag|People's Republic of China}}, <br>{{flag|North Vietnam}}, <br>{{flag|Cambodia}} |wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]]

|wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who bought surplus WW ...is limited to 35° elevation,<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_5-38_mk12.htm |title=United States of America 5"/38 (12.7 cm) Mark 12

|wars= Vietnam and other wars ...the increasing speed of naval aircraft made manual aiming of antiaircraft weapons impractical. The [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|Mark 45 lightweight]] (22.1 lo

|wars= [[World War II]]<br/>[[Korean War]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]] * {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=

* {{flag|Vietnam}} [[Category:Cold War weapons of the Soviet Union]]

...for both types of 40 mm grenades, but over the years the functions of the weapons using these grenades has dramatically expanded, and as a result the need to The M463 was a specialist type developed during the conflict in Vietnam by AAI, and was "SF" or Smokeless/Flashless, and used a type of piston syst

...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] ...ems during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply

|wars=[[Vietnam War]]<br>[[Congo Crisis]]<br>[[Israeli-Arab conflict]] ...nufactured at the [[Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori]] (Carl Gustaf State Weapons Factory) in [[Eskilstuna]], Sweden. The m/45 was the standard submachine gu

...on [[Battle of San Juan Hill|San Juan Hill]] during the [[Spanish-American War]].<ref name="enc-sjh">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O126- ...reduce the number of deaths by combat and disease, and to show how futile war is.<ref>Paul Wahl and Don Toppel, '''The Gatling Gun''', Arco Publishing, 1

...M197 began in [[1967 in aviation|1967]] after experience in the [[Vietnam War]] revealed the inadequacy of the 7.62 mm [[Minigun]] for gunship use. The M * [http://tri.army.mil/LC/CS/csa/cpm197.htm US Army Helicopter Weapons Team]

...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

...17th Artillery at the [[Rio Hato]] training area in [[Panama]] during 1965 war games.]] ...the anti-aircraft role, it found great success when used in the [[Vietnam War]] against unarmored ground forces.

|wars= [[Vietnam War]] At the end of [[World War II]], the [[United States Army]] began to consider new directions for futur

| wars = Vietnam War ...0''' was a 40x46mm grenade launcher used by the US Navy during the Vietnam War and also the last known hand crank operated firearm since the Gatling Gun.

|wars= [[Vietnam War]], [[2006 Lebanon War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Operation Iraqi Freedom|OIF]], [[Operation Enduring Freedom|OEF]] ...service during the [[Cold War]], first seeing action during the [[Vietnam War]] and remaining in service today.

| wars = [[Vietnam War]] ...ufactured by NOS Louisville and was used by the US Navy during the Vietnam War. It used the Blow-Forward operation that was previously used on semi-automa

...War]], [[World War II]], [[Chinese Civil War]] , [[Korean War]], [[Vietnam War]] ...ol in 1933 but was still produced and used in great numbers during [[World War II]]. The distinctive shape and name helped it achieve cult status in Russi

...echanical fuze ammunition per kill, even in late 1944.<ref>Campbell, Naval Weapons of WW2, P106</ref> ...e, and remained in use on smaller warships and auxiliaries through [[World War II]]. It may still be used for [[machinegun]]s aboard patrol craft.

...wn. Many were initially prepared for use in chemical warfare during World War I. Representative compounds have the formulae R_3-xAsCl<sub>x</s ...le = Blister Agents | accessdate = 2010-05-15}}</ref> During the [[Vietnam War]] the [[United States]] used [[Agent Blue]], a mixture of [[sodium cacodyla

..., and mechanical land clearing and burning operations during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Karki, 4.</ref> ...e/fmt/fmt_pdfs/fmn60-3.pdf|accessdate=2009-07-31}}</ref> In the post-World War II [[Baltic region]], socio-economic changes led more stringent air quality

| weapons = [[.22 caliber]] [[Iver-Johnson]] ...was significant opposition to the ongoing military action in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]].<ref name=BBCJohnson>{{cite news| title = 1964: Election triumph for Lynd

|weapons = [[Anthrax]] ...ose source of exposure to the bacteria is still unknown: Kathy Nguyen, a [[Vietnam]]ese immigrant resident in the borough of the Bronx who worked in New York

...ect important information about our enemy is so vital and necessary to the War on Terror. <br> The conflict against al Qaeda is, in fundamental respects, a war of information. We cannot build walls thick enough, fences high enough, or

|partof= the [[War on Terrorism]], [[War in North-West Pakistan]], [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]] {{Campaignbox US war in Afghanistan}}

...ve works system. Caltrops served to slow down the advance of [[horse]]s, [[war elephant]]s, and human troops. They were said to be particularly effective ...he fourth upright.<ref>{{cite book| url=http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~madsb/home/war/vegetius/dere07.php#21| title=The Military Institutions of the Romans Book

...in 1968, organized protests against the company to persuade it to abandon weapons production <ref>State ex rel. Pillsbury v. Honeywell, Inc., Minnesota Supre