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  • USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
    |Ship out of service= ...s Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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  • USS Haverfield (DE-393)
    |Ship out of service= .... Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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  • USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
    |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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  • AT4
    {{About|the unguided anti-tank weapon|the Russian guided anti-tank missile|AT-4 Spigot}} ...an AT-4 produces a large back blast, a significant problem when operating the weapon in urban environments.
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  • MBT LAW
    The '''Main Battle Tank and Light Armour Weapon''' ('''MBT LAW''') is a disposa ...its main rocket ignition occurs which propels to rocket from there on, to the target.
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  • Vickers 10 inch /45 naval gun
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...ss]] and [[Satsuma class battleship|''Satsuma'' class]] [[battleships]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].
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  • Vickers S
    ...to arm [[United Kingdom|British]] aircraft for attacking ground targets in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. ...=William Kimber |location=London |date=1972 |isbn=7183-0362-8 |chapter=10, The 40mm Guns
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  • Vickers Vigilant
    ...om]], [[Finland]], [[Kuwait]], [[Dubai]], [[Switzerland]], [[United States of America]] ...my]]. It was licence-built for the [[US Marine Corps]] as '''Clevite''' in the [[USA]].
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  • 14"/45 caliber gun
    ...re taken on top of one of the dual 14"/45 [[caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] gun turrets, 1918. |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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  • 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
    |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|210|in|m}} bore (70 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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  • 4"/50 caliber gun
    ...fired the [[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 194 |used_by=<small>{{flagicon|United States|size=22px}} United States<br>{{UK}}<br>{{flagicon|Canada|size=22px}} Canada
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  • 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
    <!-- Many sources quote 114mm as the calibre but it is in fact 113, please do not change -->{{Infobox Weapon ...8 Mod 1 naval gun on [[HMS Northumberland (F238)|HMS ''Northumberland'']]. The multi-faceted gunhouse is designed to reduce [[radar cross section]].
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  • 4.7 inch QF Mark XII
    ...Royal Navy, 1930-2000: innovation and defence'', p19-41:, Pugh, ''Managing the aerial threat''. </ref> [http://www.hnsa.org/doc/br224/img/dia1.jpg Illustration of a 4.7 inch single mount]
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  • 68-pounder 95 cwt
    |used_by=[[United Kingdom]] |number=In excess of 2000
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  • 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
    |origin= {{Flag|United States}} |used_by={{Flag|United States}}
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  • BL 10 inch gun Mk I – IV
    |caption=Mk I coast defence gun, [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • BL 12 inch naval gun Mk I – VII
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...rrel & breech<br> Mk II - V 45 tons<ref name=Gunnery1887TableXVI>Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. Table XVI, Pages 312 - 313</ref><br>Mk VI, VII : 46 tons
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  • BL 12 inch naval gun Mk VIII
    |caption=Crewmen of [[HMS Goliath (1898)|HMS ''Goliath'']] photographed before guns |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun
    ...gned for the ships of the [[Royal Navy]] in the late 1930s. This gun armed the [[King George V class battleship (1939)|''King George V'' class battleships ...ip|''Nelson'' class battleships]], the British reverted to the combination of lower velocities and (relatively) heavier shells in this weapon.
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  • BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
    |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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  • BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun
    |caption=Guns of HMS Rodney at maximum elevation, 1940 ...and used on the [[Nelson class battleship|''Nelson'' class battleships]]. The barrel was 45 [[Caliber (artillery)|calibre]]s long, /45 in shorthand, mea
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  • BL 5.5 inch Mark I naval gun
    |caption= One of [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London |length= {{convert|6.985|m|in}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])
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  • BL 5 inch gun Mk I – V
    |caption=Mk I coast defence gun outside entrance to the [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]] ...aliber as measurement of length|calibres]])<ref name=Gunnery1902>Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII page 336</ref>
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  • BL 6 inch 80 pounder gun
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...added to strengthen the guns. Treatise on Service Ordnance 1893; Text Book of Gunnery 1902</ref>
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  • BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
    ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |rate=8 / minute<ref>8 rounds per minute is the figure given by Vickers. Quoted in [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/brassey/b190
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  • BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...}<br>{{navy|Canada}}<br>{{navy|India}}<br>{{navy|Peru}}<br>{{navy|Republic of China}}<br>{{navy|China}}
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  • BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI
    ...IV gun on [[disappearing gun|disappearing carriage]] at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence|Lei Yue Mun Fort]], Hong Kong ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • BL 7.5 inch Mk II – V naval gun
    ...n=Turrets for [[HMS Shannon (1906)|HMS ''Shannon'']] under construction at the Vickers Works, Barrow ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • BL 7.5 inch Mk VI naval gun
    |caption=''Hawkins'' class cruisers were the only ships mounting BL 7.5 inch Mk VI guns. ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |used_by={{navy|United Kingdom}}<br>{{navy|Australia}}
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  • BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX – X
    ...mpany|Elswick]] in 1901, on [[Rottnest Island]], Western Australia. It has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I – VII
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...ns barrel & breech;<br>Mk V - VII : 22 tons<ref name=Gunnery1902>Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII Page 336</ref>
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  • Bofors 40 mm
    ...r (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. ...llies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the '''''Bofors gun'''''.
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  • COW 37 mm gun
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |part_length=bore of {{convert|75|in|m}}<ref name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page27/>
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  • Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
    ...ns">[http://www13.plala.or.jp/aconit/e-nerima_soubi.html "Exhibision (sic) of Equipments".] Retrieved on July 29, 2008.</ref> ...gunner and loader), but may be used by a single operator at a reduced rate of fire.
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  • DEFA cannon
    |image= [[File:Canon DEFA MG 1359.jpg|300px|DEFA cannon of a [[Mirage III]] in twin mount.]] |caption= DEFA cannon of a [[Mirage III]] in twin mount.
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  • EOC 12 inch/45 naval gun
    ...th=Bore {{convert|540|in|m|sigfig=5}} (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]]) The '''EOC 12 inch 45 calibre gun''' were various similar 12-inch naval guns de
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  • EOC 14 inch /45 naval gun
    The '''BL 14 inch 45 calibre gun''' were various similar naval guns designed an ...rnment and completed as [[HMS Canada (1913)|HMS ''Canada'']] and served in the Royal Navy in World War I, with its guns designated '''BL 14 inch Mk I'''.
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  • Goalkeeper CIWS
    | type = [[Close-in weapon system|Close In Weapons System]] | weight = 6,372&nbsp;kg with 1,190&nbsp;rds of ammunition (above deck), 9,902&nbsp;kg (total).
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  • Gyro Rate Unit
    ...urately measure target aircraft speed and direction.<ref>Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935-45, Pout </ref> ==The Gyro Rate Unit==
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  • Hedgehog (weapon)
    ...hog_launcher.jpg|right|thumb|Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar with full load of practice bombs, ''circa'' 2002.]] ...ing2.jpg|thumbnail|right|Hedgehog bombs fired from USS Moberly detonate on the ocean floor]]
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  • Hispano-Suiza HS.404
    |caption=HS.404 in the TCM-20 twin anti-aircraft configuration, displayed at the Israeli Air Force Museum. |origin={{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
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  • Limbo (weapon)
    |designer= Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment ...vy]] escort ships on a mounting stabilised for pitch and roll from 1955 to the mid&ndash;1980s.
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  • M2 Browning machine gun
    :''This article is about the .50 caliber M2 machine gun. For the .30-06 M2 machine gun, see [[M1919 Browning machine gun]].'' |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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  • Mark 24 Mine
    ...out of a total of 204 fired. The torpedo was also supplied to the [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] forces. ...gan development in December 1941. These later projects later became Office of Scientific Research and Development project 61 (FIDO).
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  • Mousetrap (weapon)
    ...ar]] by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]{{Fact|date=October 2008}} and the [[U.S. Coast Guard]].<ref name=uscg> ...er, were [[spigot mortar|spigot]]-launched, placing considerable strain on the launching vessel's [[deck]], whereas Mousetrap was rocket-propelled. As a r
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  • Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
    |weight=480 kg (without ammunition, including 387 kg of ballast) ..., and widely produced by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] and others. Various models of Oerlikon cannon were used during [[World War II]], and they are still in us
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  • Ordnance QF 2 pounder
    {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} <!--SCROLL DOWN IN ORDER TO EDIT THE ARTICLE-->
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  • Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
    ...as large, but it initially fired the same [[Lyddite]] and Steel shells as the Hotchkiss.<ref>Treatise on ammunition 10th Edition 1915. War Office, UK. Pa ...0 at [[Vickers]] and by the time production stopped in 1936 a total of 600 weapons had been made.
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  • Polsten
    ...uld use a simpler box magazine with 30 rounds. It remained in service into the 1950s. ...one Oerlikon cannon was about [[Pound sterling|£350]], while the cost of the Polsten was between £60 and £70.
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  • Pom-Pom Director
    ...move the mount to match the pointers rather than having to try and aim at the target aircraft. ==The Pom-Pom Director Mark I - III==
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  • QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...convert|1|lb|15|oz|kg|abbr=on}} cordite Mk I size 15 propellant (Text Book of Gunnery 1902); {{convert|2258|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}} in British service in WWI
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  • QF 1 pounder pom-pom
    |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London |origin= {{flag|United Kingdom}}
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  • QF 2 pounder naval gun
    {{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} |caption= The quadruple 2 pdr mounting (Mk.VII) of [[HMS Kelvin (F37)|HMS ''Kelvin'']]
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  • QF 3 inch 20 cwt
    |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. ...&nbsp;inches, the term "3 inch" was only ever used to identify this gun in the World War I era, and hence this is what writers are usually referring to by
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  • QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss
    |rate=30 / minute<ref>30 rounds per minute is the figure given by Elswick Ordnance for their 40-calibres model. Quoted in [ht The '''QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss''' was a light 47-mm naval gun introduced in 1886
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  • QF 4.5 inch Mk I – V naval gun
    ...ber as measurement of length|calibre]] family of guns up to the 1970s. For the current unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see [[4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gu ...tish nominally 4.5&nbsp;inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45&nbsp;inches (113&nbsp;mm)<ref>Jane's Ammunition Handbook, 1999-2000 Ed
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  • QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV
    ...icon|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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  • QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval gun
    |part_length={{convert|212.6|in|m}} (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])<ref Name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page108 /> ...Armstrong Whitworth#Elswick Ordnance Company|Elswick Ordnance Company]] in the 1890s and used by various countries.<ref name="DiG">DiGiulian</ref>
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  • QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
    ...I; 554 earlier types built for the navy; about 107 earlier types built for the Army in WWI.</ref> ...e terms#C.R.H.|c.r.h.]] HE shell. Tony DiGiulian, [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_4-45_mk5.htm "British 4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF Mark V and Mark XV"]</ref><br
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  • QF 4 inch naval gun Mk I – III
    ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
    ...h ={{convert|262.5|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]]) ..._525-50_mk1.htm Page of Navweapons]</ref>, it saw extensive service during the [[Second World War]].
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  • QF 6 inch /40 naval gun
    ...cases for [[cordite]] propellant were much shorter. A shell stands next to the cartridge. |origin= [[United Kingdom]]<br>license-produced in [[Japan]]
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  • QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
    {{otheruses4|the 1880s Hotchkiss gun|the World War II anti-tank and Molins Class M gun|Ordnance QF 6 pounder}} ...flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Empire|Russia]]<br>{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
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  • QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt
    ...as measurement of length|calibres]] version at Gyltö, western archipelago of Finland, 1999. Photo by Ove Enqvist ...abbr=on}} and maximum range {{convert|4500|yd}}. 5600 metres is quoted for the 48 calibres model at Krepost Sveaborg, Helsinki.</ref>
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  • RARDEN
    ...Rarden Image-Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|Close up of the [[30mm]] RARDEN cannon on a [[Warrior tracked armoured vehicle]].]] ...ime, were both part of the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]].
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  • RML 9 inch 12 ton gun
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |wars=[[Bombardment of Alexandria (1882)]]
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  • Squid (weapon)
    |caption= Squid anti-submarine mortar on display at the [[Devonport Naval Base]] |designer= [[Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development]]
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  • Swedish Mauser
    ...nd '''m/41''' (Model 1941) [[sniper rifle]].<ref>Jones, D: ''Crown Jewels: The Mauser in Sweden'', pp. 37, 59, 81, 93. Collector Grade Publications, 2003. ...ary [[Lee-Enfield]] rifle) instead of the "cock-on-opening" style found on the German [[Gewehr 98]].
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  • Swingfire
    |origin=[[United Kingdom]] ...|wire-guided]] [[anti-tank guided missile|anti-tank missile]] developed in the 1960s and produced from 1966 until 1993.<ref name="FORE"/>
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  • Type 91 torpedo
    ...ard an aircraft carrier, each lower half was retouched in black to conceal the roll rudders. |unit_cost= 20,000 yen (in the year 1941)
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  • 3-Dimensional Quartz Phenolic
    ...s metals and is tough and fire-resistant. 3DQP is used for the manufacture of [[Nuclear Weapon]] [[Atmospheric reentry|Re-entry vehicles]] (RV). The quartz material '[[electromagnetic pulse|hardens]]' the RV protecting the nuclear warhead against high-energy [[neutron]]s emitted by exo-atmospheric
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  • Depleted uranium
    [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716085611/http://www ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
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  • Metallurgy
    [[Image:Georg Agricola.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Georg Agricola, author of ''De re metallica'', an important early book on metal extraction]] ...plied to their practical use. Metallurgy is commonly used in the [[craft]] of [[metalworking]].
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  • Gunpowder
    ...er|muzzleloading]] rifles and pistols in FFFG granulation size. [[Quarter (United States coin)|Coin]] (diameter 24 mm) for comparison.]] ...le, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]].
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  • Kerosene
    ...ican Gas Light Company and the Downer Company (to which Gesner had granted the right) were allowed to call their lamp oil ''kerosene''.<ref>{{Cite book | title = The golden flood: an informal history of America's first oil field
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  • Steel
    ...(materials science)|hardness]], [[ductility]], and [[tensile strength]] of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and ...which can contain a small amount of carbon, but it is included in the form of [[slag]] [[inclusion (casting)|inclusion]]s. Two distinguishing factors are
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  • Workplace violence
    The definition of work related violence that has received pan-European acceptance is as follo This definition establishes violence as a behaviour with the potential to cause harm. Broadly speaking there are three forms:
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  • Ethylene oxide
    {{Redirect|Oxirane|oxiranes as a class of molecules|epoxide}} ...of its special molecular structure, ethylene oxide easily participates in the [[addition reaction]], opening its cycle, and thus easily [[polymerisation|
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  • Health and Safety Executive
    ...ormerly reported to the [[Health and Safety Commission]], on 1 April 2008, the two bodies merged.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 April 2008 |title=Health and Safe The '''Executive's''' duties are to:<ref>Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 197
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  • Mining
    ...in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the [[China|Chinese]] emperor|Daoguang Emperor}} ...ference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [[copper]] mine in the world.]]
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  • List of eponyms
    ...is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Greek "eponymos" meaning "giving name". Here is a '''list of eponyms''':
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  • Counter-terrorism
    '''Counter-terrorism''' (also spelled '''counterterrorism''') is the practices, [[Military tactics|tactics]], techniques, and strategies that [[ ...ls, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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  • Definitions of terrorism
    ...charged.<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrorism.h .../ref> These divergences have made it impossible to conclude a [[Definition of terrorism#Proposed Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism|Comp
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  • Terrorism
    ...errorism''' is the systematic use of [[fear|terror]] especially as a means of [[coercion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Terrorism ...tical or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of [[non-combatant]]s (civilians).{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
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  • Aircraft hijacking
    ...ck, see [[Skyfall (Transformers)#Transformers: Generation 2|Skyjack]]. For the [[racehorse]], see [[Sky Jack]].'' ...own the aircraft themselves. In at least one case, a plane was hijacked by the official pilot.<ref>{{cite news | title = Air China pilot hijacks his own j
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  • Islam and violence
    ...rted by Islam's tenets, references to violence in the [[Qur'an]], and acts of terrorisms motivated and/or justified by Islam. {{See also|Criticism of Islam}}
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  • Organized crime
    {{Redirect|Crime syndicate|the DC Comics group of villains|Crime Syndicate}} ...tm</ref> Such crime is commonly referred to as the work of the ''Mob'' in the U.S.
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  • Taliban
    ...ivil war in Afghanistan]], the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]] and the [[War in North-West Pakistan|Waziristan War]] |image = [[Image:Flag of Taliban.svg|border|200px|Taliban flag]]
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  • Al-Qaeda
    |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg |opponents = [[United States]], [[Israel]], [[United Nations]], [[United Kingdom]], Afghan National Army, Iraqi Armed Forces, Coalition Forces/Tribes, [[Can
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  • 2001 anthrax attacks
    ...News]], [[NBC News]], ''[[New York Post]]'', ''[[National Enquirer]]'', [[United States Senate|Senators]] [[Tom Daschle]] and [[Patrick Leahy]] |weapons = [[Anthrax]]
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  • Feroz Abbasi
    ...rial Number]] was 24. The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] reports that he was born on October 29, 1979 in [[Entebbe]], [[Ug ...si was reportedly detained in December 2001, in [[Kunduz]] in the north of the country.
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  • Abu Sayyaf
    |war =the [[Insurgency in the Philippines]] ...uary 24, 2006</ref>"). The group calls itself "Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyya" or the "Islamic Movement".
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  • Combined Task Force 150
    ...d Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) assemble in a formation in the [[Gulf of Oman]], 6 May 2004]] ...ns in the [[Indian Ocean]]) to support [[Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa]] (OEF-HOA). These activities are referred to as [[Maritime Security
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  • Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998)
    |partof=the [[Post-Cold War era]] |casus=[[1998 U.S. embassy bombings|bombings of US embassies]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]], rapid escalation in Al-Qaeda
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  • Drone attacks in Pakistan
    |partof= the [[War on Terrorism]], [[War in North-West Pakistan]], [[War in Afghanistan |caption= Pakistani tribal villagers view damage caused by the [[Damadola airstrike]]
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  • Operation Enduring Freedom
    |partof=the [[War on Terror]] |caption=[[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] during Operation El Dorado.
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  • Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
    | conflict = [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] - Horn of Africa | partof = the [[War on Terrorism]]
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  • Preemptive war
    ...itle=Permissibility of State-Sponsored Assassination during Peace and War, The|author=Beres, Louis R.|url=http://heinonlinebackup.com/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf. ...tandard".<ref>Duffy, Helen (2005). ''The 'War on Terror' and the Framework of International Law''. Cambridge University Press. p. 157.ISBN 978-0521547352
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  • War on Terror
    {{About|the international military campaign|the board game|War on Terror (game)}} ...ed against [[al-Qaeda]] and other terrorist organizations with the purpose of eliminating them.<ref name="WH 10-07-01"> [[ETA]]
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