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• USS Hurst (DE-250)
  ...edition = 15th | title = The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems | chapter = Mexico | location = [[Annap ...Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Crosses]] earlier in the war. The ship served in both the Atlantic and the Pacific and was decommissione
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...s|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided == World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...s|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided ...[Silver Star]] for his heroic actions during the early months of World War II. She was laid down by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corporation of [[Orange, Texas
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  |Ship motto=''Frontier Guardian, In Peace, In War''<ref>Motto from Ships patch via Navsource.org</ref> ===At war===
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...lass]] [[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.
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• Edsall class destroyer escort
  ...e cargo ships. In late WWII plans were made to replace the 3" guns with 5" guns. But only USS Camp (DE 251) was refitted after a collision. In Total all 85 ...9)]] received a [[Navy Unit Commendation]] for action three days after the war ended.
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  |Ship honors=Four [[Service star|battle stars]] for her [[World War II]] service ...-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns<br />8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br />2 x [[depth charge]] tracks
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• BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10)
  ...gh endurance cutter]]s received from the United States after the [[Vietnam War]], two of which were cannibalized for spare parts without entering service. ...the [[Central Pacific Area|Central Pacific]] during and after [[World War II]]. She was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] in June 1946 and placed
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...& Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm | title = Porter | short = on | accessdate = 23 April 2009 }}</ref><br> ...an Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm link]) reports, without explanation, four.</ref>
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• USS Bangor (PF-16)
  ...caliber gun]]s (3×1)<br />• 4 × 40 mm guns (2×2)<br />• 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1)<br />• 1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] [[anti-submarine mortar ...n Pedro, California]], to prepare for duty in the western Pacific, but the war ended while the frigate was in drydock at [[Seattle, Washington]].
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• Casco class seaplane tender
  ...r gun]] (replaced with 5"/54 caliber in 1972)<br/>6 × .50 caliber machine guns<br/>2 × {{convert|90|mm|in|abbr=on}} anti-submarine mortars ...built as small [[seaplane tender]]s by the [[US Navy]] during [[World War II]]. They were designed to operate out of small harbors and [[atoll]]s and ha
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  ...ircraft gun mount, 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, and 6 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns (also [[Mousetrap (weapon)|Mousetrap]] aboard ''Coos Bay'' only). ...pult|catapult]] training ship.<ref name="Conway p. 157">''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922&ndash;1946'', p. 157</ref>
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• 20 ITK 40 VKT
  | type = Light anti-aircraft gun | wars = [[Continuation War]]<br>[[Lapland War]]
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  [[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.
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• AA Mine Discharger
  ...Discharger''' was a Japanese [[anti-aircraft]] weapon of the Second World War. The device was a simple tube like an [[infantry mortar]] of 70&nbsp;mm or [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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• 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun
  |wars= Second World War ...ocannon]] designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in World War II with French, Japanese and other nations' forces. Other than the designer co
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• Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23
  | wars = [[World War II]] ...mm|abbr=on}} [[autocannon]] used on [[Soviet]] aircraft during [[World War II]].
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• Vickers Model 1931
  |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] |wars=[[World War II]]
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• Vickers S
  | era=Second World War | wars=Second World War
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• 1.1"/75 caliber gun
  ...cannon aboard the battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB 38)]] during World War II |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun
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• 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
  |caption=''12.7 cm/50 Type 3'' guns seen in a twin gun ''Model B'' turret on the [[Japanese destroyer Sagiri|'' |wars= [[World War II]]
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• 120 mm M1 gun
  |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]]
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  |wars= [[Second World War]] ...manufactured by [[Hotchkiss et Cie]] from the late 1920s until [[World War II]] where it saw service with various nation's forces, including Japan where
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• 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
  |caption= Battleship armament: 16"/45 caliber guns aboard the battleship [[USS South Dakota (BB-57)]]. |wars= World War II
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• 3.7 cm FlaK 43
  | type = [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] | wars = [[World War II]]
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• 3.7 cm SK C/30
  |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] |wars=[[Second World War]]
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• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
  |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 whil
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• 10.5 cm FlaK 38
  |caption=A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun at a Military museum in Belgrade |type=[[Anti-aircraft gun]]
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• 12.8 cm FlaK 40
  |type=[[Anti-Aircraft]] |wars=[[World War II]]
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  ...hip}} {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} fires a full [[broadside]] of her 16"/50 Mark 7 guns. |wars=[[World War II]]<br>[[Korean War]]<br>[[Vietnam War]]<br>[[Gulf War]]
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• 25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K)
  ...бразца 1940 года (72-К)'''}}) was a [[Soviet]] 25 mm caliber [[anti-aircraft gun]]. The gun was created in the beginning of [[1940]] at 8th Kalinin Arti *[http://www.thetankmaster.com/ENGLISH/AFV/25mm72K.asp Soviet 25mm Anti-Aircraft gun(Automatic gun) 72-K Model 1940 – Walk around photos]
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] |wars=[[Second World War]]
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• 3"/23 caliber gun
  |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun |wars= World War I
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• 3"/50 caliber gun
  ...liber]]s long (barrel length is 3" x 50 = 150" or 3.81 meters). Different guns (identified by Mark numbers) of this caliber were used by the [[U.S. Navy]] ==Earlier guns==
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
  |type= Anti-Aircraft Naval Gun ...to protect United States Warships from [[kamikaze]] attacks in [[World War II]]. The name indicates in US Navy terminology that this piece of [[naval ar
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  |wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]] ...fulness against lightly armored ground targets. Crews of the 37&nbsp;mm AD guns shot down 14,657 Axis planes<ref name="ReferenceA">Shunkov V. N. - ''The We
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• 37mm Gun M1
  |type=anti-aircraft autocannon ...ed in the [[United States]]. It was used by the [[US Army]] in [[World War II]].
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• 4"/50 caliber gun
  ...irst 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]]
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• 4.2 cm Pak 41
  ...ti-tank gun]] issued to German [[Luftwaffe|airborne units]] in [[World War II]]. This gun was externally similar to the [[PaK 36]], and used a modified v * Hogg, Ian V. ''German Artillery of World War Two''. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISB
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  |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'
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• 4.7 inch QF Mark XII
  ...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]]
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• 40 cm/45 Type 94
  |wars= [[World War II]] ...ever mounted on any warship. They were actually 46&nbsp;cm (18.1&nbsp;in) guns, but were designated 40&nbsp;cm in an effort to hide their true size.
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• 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K)
  |name=45&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]]
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• 5"/25 caliber gun (United States)
  ...n Naval Treaty]] [[cruisers]]. The gun was also mounted on pre-[[World War II]] [[battleship]]s and [[aircraft carrier]]s until replaced by the standard ...an anti-aircraft gun. The [[5"/38 caliber gun]] replaced the 5"/25 as the anti-aircraft weapon of choice by the mid 1930s due to its better range, velocity against
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  |wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who b ...el length between the 5"/51 surface-to-surface and the 5"/25 anti-aircraft guns.
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• 5"/51 caliber gun
  |wars= World War I, World War II '''5"/51 caliber guns''' (spoken "five-inch-fifty-one-caliber") formed the main battery of the fi
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun
  |wars= World War II and Cold War The '''5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun''' (127mm) was a late [[World War II]]-era [[naval artillery]] gun mount used by the [[United States Navy]] and
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun
  ...rk 45 mount. It is designed to be used against surface [[warship]]s, for [[anti-aircraft]] use and shore bombardment to support amphibious operations. ...rge]] which increases its [[Shell (projectile)|per-shell]] effectiveness [[Anti-aircraft warfare|against aircraft]].
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• 7,62 ITKK 31 VKT
  | type = Anti-aircraft machine gun | wars = [[Winter War]]
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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun
  |era=[[World War I]] - [[World War II]] |wars= [[World War II]]
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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/32 anti aircraft gun
  |image= [[Image:7.5 cm L45 M32 anti-aircraft gun.jpg|300px]] |era=[[World War II]]
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• 7.5 cm kanon PL vz. 37
  |image=[[Image:Skoda 75 mm model 1937 anti-aircraft cannon.right side.JPG|300px]] |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]]
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• 8.35 cm PL kanon vz. 22
  |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] |wars=[[World War II]]
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• 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)
  ...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.
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• 8 cm PL kanon vz. 37
  |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] |wars=[[World War II]]
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• 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
  |era=WW II |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-Aircraft gun]]
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• 9 cm kanon PL vz. 12/20
  |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] |wars=[[World War II]]
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• Autocannon
  ...nderGunIWMApril2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...the time, but an autocannon all the same: [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun]] in [[Algeria]], 1943]]
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• BK 37
  ...m FlaK 43|Flak 18]] made by [[Rheinmetall]]. It was mounted on [[World War II]] [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft such as the anti-tank or bomber-destroyer versions [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• BL 18 inch Mk I naval gun
  | wars = [[World War I]] ...r ended. All three were removed from service in 1920 and served as proving guns for [[cordite]] tests. Two were scrapped in 1933 and the last one survived
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• BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VII
  ...bres]])<ref name=Handbook1913>HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913</ref> ...ordite MD size 16 propellant. HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913.</ref>
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• BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VIII
  ...bres]])<ref name=Handbook1913>HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913</ref> ...ordite MD size 16 propellant. HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913.</ref>
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• BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]]<br>[[Korean War]] ...rg/doc/pdf/ou6359a.pdf ''O.U. 6359A, Handbook for 6-Inch, B.L., Mark XXIII Guns on Triple, Mark XXII Mounting, 1937''],page 8.</ref>
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• Bofors
  ...un]], a standard anti-tank weapon used by a variety of armies early in the war. It was built under license in [[Poland]] and the [[United States|USA]] and
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• Bofors 37 mm
  ...European armies during [[World War II]], mainly at the early stage of the war. ...its returning to their homeland brought with them a few Swedish model 1938 guns.
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] ...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 as
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• Breda Model 35
  |image=[[Image:Breda 20-65 anti-aircraft gun in Beijing.jpg|300px]] |caption=A 20/65 Breda anti-aircraft gun in Beijing. This example does not have the predictor sight mounted or t
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• Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34
  ...o 34''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] anti-aircraft gun used during [[World War II]]. The designation means it had a caliber of 75 mm, the barrel was 46 calib * [[Italian Army equipment in World War II]]
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• Cannone da 90/53
  ...rcraft guns to see service during [[World War II]]. It was used both in an anti-aircraft role and as an anti-tank gun. The designation "90/53" meant that the gun ha ...ducing these quantities and by the end of production in July 1943 only 539 guns had been delivered, including 48 converted for use on the [[Semovente 90/53
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• Solothurn ST-5
  ...cessful [[2 cm FlaK 30]] series of guns used by [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. ...''20 mm C/30''' and equipped several German naval vessels during World War II. This weapon was further refined for the other German forces as the '''2 c
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• GAU-13
  ...using the GPU-5, as a substitute to or adjunct for the [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]]. ...service, although some [[Thailand|Thai]] [[F-5 Freedom Fighter|F-5E Tiger II]] aircraft still carry the weapon, experimented also with [[F-20]] Tigersha
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• Gebirgsflak 38
  |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-Aircraft Gun]] |wars= [[Second World War]]
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• Gyro Rate Unit
  ...ute the gun laying orders and the time fuze setting of the [[anti-aircraft guns]], to hit the target. The HACS marks I through IV depended upon the control ...rent speed for a short interval of time, equal to the loading cycle of the guns, in advance of the actual time and feed this to the HACS computer allowing
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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. |wars=World War II
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• Ho-1 cannon
  '''Ho-1''' was a Japanese [[autocannon]] used during World War II. It was a [[Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle]] adopted for use in bomber turre [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Ho-203 cannon
  ...' was a Japanese [[autocannon]] that saw considerable use during World War II. It was a long-recoil automation of the Year 11 Type direct-fire infantry g [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Ho-3 cannon
  '''Ho-3''' was a Japanese [[autocannon]] used during World War II. It was a drum-fed improvement of the magazine-fed [[Ho-1 cannon]], itself [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Ho-204 cannon
  ...s a Japanese aircraft [[autocannon]] that saw limited use during World War II. It was the largest gun to see active service derived from the Model 1921 A [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• List of naval anti-aircraft guns
  ...raft gun]]s specially designed or adapted for mounting on ships, and naval guns adapted for high-angle fire. Today they have been largely superseded by [[s | 20 mm || [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]] || {{CHE}} || World War II
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• M242 Bushmaster
  {{redirect|M242|the Israeli Jeep derivative|AIL Storm#Storm II}} ...rimary armament for [[armoured fighting vehicle]]s manufactured around the world, such as the [[Bionix AFV]] and [[Singapore]]'s upgraded [[M113 armored per
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...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
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• M45 Quadmount
  Originally an anti-aircraft weapon, the M45 found greater use as an anti-infantry weapon. [[Category:Anti-aircraft guns of the United States]]
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• M4 cannon
  |wars= [[World War II]] ...Browning]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II|last= Bishop|first=Chris |coauthors= |year=2002 |publisher=Friedman/Fairfax
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• M61 Vulcan
  |wars= [[Vietnam War]] ...s Army]] began to consider new directions for future [[military aircraft]] guns. The higher speeds of [[jet engine|jet-engined]] [[fighter aircraft]] meant
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• MK 101 cannon
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...annon]] used in [[Nazi Germany|German]] combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Although accurate and powerful, with a high muzzle velocity, it was very
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• MK 103 cannon
  ...autocannon]] that was mounted in German combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Intended to be a dual purpose weapon for anti-tank and air-to-air fighti ...der each wing. Later in the war the MK 103 was also used as a ground-based anti-aircraft (AA) weapon, using single or dual mounts. It was also used in the [[Kugelbl
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• Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon
  {{DEFAULTSORT:Madsen 20 Mm Anti-Aircraft Cannon}} [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Mark 15 torpedo
  ...r, and had longer range and larger warhead. 9,700 were produced during the war.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1592/ustorp1.htm Milford, Frederick ...plagued the Mark 14 for the first 20 months following U.S. entry into the war, though this was not realized nearly as quickly by the destroyer crews as i
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• Mark 16/1 triple 6 in /47 Turret
  ...turret''' (3x152 mm) was a feature of many U.S. cruisers during World War II. The {{sclass|Cleveland|cruiser}} from that period had four such turrets. Each turret carried three [[6 inch /47 gun|6 inch (15.2 cm) /47 Mark 16 guns]]
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• Nudelman-Suranov NS-23
  |wars=[[Cold War]] ...nykh]], [[V. Nemenov]], [[S. Lunin]], and [[M. Bundin]] during [[World War II]] as a replacement for the [[Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23]] cannon. It entered ser
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  |wars=[[World War II]] |design_date=[[World War I]]
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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}} |wars=World War II
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• Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
  |type=[[Naval gun]], [[Anti-aircraft gun]] |variants=Mk I Mk II
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• Polsten
  |caption=A Canadian towed anti-aircraft mounting featuring three Polsten cannons. ...the same roles, one of which was as an [[airborne warfare|airborne unit]] anti-aircraft gun. It was used on a wheeled mounting that could be towed behind a [[jeep]
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• Pom-Pom Director
  ...culty in aiming the mounting due to the smoke and vibration created by the guns. It was, therefore, essential to aim the mount from a remote location, usin ...nd smaller ships that carried Pom-Pom guns continued to rely on aiming the guns by the gun's crew due to the lack of space on these ships to site a Pom-Pom
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  ...er Rebellion]]<br>[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] ...12 x 112 pounds = 1344 pounds, to differentiate it from other "12 pounder" guns.
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  |name= QF 1 pdr Mark I & II ("pom-pom") |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London
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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}} |service=1915–1940s (Mk II)<br>1930–1940s (Mk VIII)
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