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...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==

...; see ''Jane{{'}}s Fighting Ship 1973-1974'', p. 592.</ref> <br/>Several [[machine gun]]s ...the Web. ''Conway{{'}}s All the World{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1947-1982 Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations'', p. 369, agrees that ''Ngo Quyen

|Ship honors=Three [[battle star]]s for her [[World War II]] service ...8 x 40-millimeter [[antiaircraft]] guns<br/>8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br/>2 x [[depth charge]] tracks

* 4 x M2 Browning .50-caliber (12.7-mm) general-purpose [[machine gun]]s ...gh endurance cutter]]s received from the United States after the [[Vietnam War]], two of which were cannibalized for spare parts without entering service.

...) /50 single purpose guns, <br/>• two .50 caliber (12.7&nbsp;mm) machine guns, <br/>• five [[Thompson submachine gun]]s, <br/>• five sawn-off [[shotg ...had become the center of an international incident at the beginning of the war, and was later sunk by a [[U-boat]].

|Ship armament= one 4"/50 single [[gun mount]], four .50 cal. machine guns, two [[depth charge]] projectors ...uired by the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She was outfitted with guns and [[depth charge]]s and sent into the dangerous waters of the North [[Atl

|Ship armament=two 40&nbsp;mm AA [[gun mounts]]; four .50 cal. machine guns ...alvage ship]] commissioned by the [[U.S. Navy]] for service in [[World War II]]. She was responsible for coming to the aid of stricken vessels.

...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

| wars = [[Continuation War]]<br>[[Lapland War]] ...ce weapon used by the [[Finnish Army]] during World War II. A total of 174 guns were built, used in training until 1970s and kept in reserve until 1988. T

|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

| era=Second World War | wars=Second World War

...cannon aboard the battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB 38)]] during World War II |wars= World War II

|name= 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun |image=[[Image:Hotchkiss-13.2mm-x2-AA-machine-gun-batey-haosef-2-1.jpg|300px]]

|caption= Battleship armament: 16"/45 caliber guns aboard the battleship [[USS South Dakota (BB-57)]]. |wars= World War II

...; the only German autocannon to actually see service in the air during the war. ...0 Becker Type M2 guns in June 1916. In addition to the orders for aircraft guns placed with Becker, Spandau and MAN also received a contract to build Becke

...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]]

...ed in the [[United States]]. It was used by the [[US Army]] in [[World War II]]. ...towed variant, the gun was mounted, with two [[M2 Browning machine gun|M2 machine gun]]s, on [[M2 Half Track Car|M2]] / [[M3 Half-track|M3]] halftrack, resul

| type = Anti-aircraft machine gun | wars = [[Winter War]]

...nderGunIWMApril2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...ed by a [[machine gun]]. Autocannon often have a larger [[caliber]] than a machine gun (i.e., [[20 mm caliber|20&nbsp;mm]] or greater). Usually, autocannons a

...[20 mm caliber]] [[autocannon]] used by [[Soviet]] aircraft in [[World War II]]. ...in]] in [[1944 in aviation|1944]] by chambering his [[Berezin UB]] 12.7 mm machine gun for the 20 mm rounds used by the [[ShVAK]] cannon. No other changes wer

|wars=World War II |wars=World War II, Korean War

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...limeter [[calibre]] [[autocannon]] that saw limited use during [[World War II]], on Japanese Army [[Nakajima Ki-44]] and Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI aircraft. It

...y Brownings, it was a version of the American Model 1921 Browning aircraft machine gun. It replaced the [[Ho-1 cannon|Ho-1]] and [[Ho-3 cannon|Ho-3]] (Army Ty The Ho-5 was used mostly as wing mounts in late-war fighters, but saw limited use as cowl mounted in fighters and as flexible m

...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]]

...ese aircraft [[autocannon]] that saw limited, if any, use during World War II. It was a large-caliber version of the 37&nbsp;mm [[Ho-203 cannon]]. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]

{{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

...aliber M2 machine gun. For the .30-06 M2 machine gun, see [[M1919 Browning machine gun]].'' |caption= M2HB heavy machine gun on [[M3 tripod]].

...high rate of fire) was a weapon mounting consisting of four [[M2 Browning machine gun]]s mounted in pairs on each side of an electrically powered turret. It ...Gun Carriage, and when combined with the M20 trailer it was called the M55 Machine Gun Trailer Mount.

|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

|wars= World War II |wars= World War II

|wars= [[World War II]] ...German [[Luftwaffe]], particularly during the early stages of [[World War II]], although from 1941 onwards it was gradually replaced by the 20&nbsp;mm [

|caption=The MK 101 machine cannon |wars=[[World War II]]

|caption=The MK 108 machine cannon |wars=[[World War II]]

'''20&nbsp;mm AA Machine Cannon M/38''' was produced by the Danish company Dansk Industri Syndikat ( This type of machine cannon was a very well functioning weapon,{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

|wars= [[World War II]] [[File:Il2 2 ns37 machine cannon moscow march 1943.jpg|thumb|Il2 with NS-37]]

|wars=[[World War II]] |design_date=[[World War I]]

...as the inspiration for many 20 mm cannon that would be used in [[World War II]] , including the French [[Hispano-Suiza HS.404]] (adopted by the British a ...round at 830 m/s at a slightly slower 470 rounds per minute. The original guns became known as the '''FF F''' from this point on.

{{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder |wars=World War II

|name= QF 1 pdr Mark I & II ("pom-pom") |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London

...he early 45-[[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibre]] family of guns up to the 1970s. For the current unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see [ Like all British nominally 4.5&nbsp;inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45&nbsp;inches (113&nbsp;mm)<ref>Ja

| image = [[Image:HMS Sirius guns.jpg|300px]] | variants = Mk I, Mk II

{{otheruses4|the 1880s Hotchkiss gun|the World War II anti-tank and Molins Class M gun|Ordnance QF 6 pounder}} ...]<br>[[Russian Civil War]],<br>[[Second Sino-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War II]]<br>[[Cod Wars]]

...ber|20 mm]] [[autocannon]] used by the [[Soviet Union]] during [[World War II]]. It was designed by [[Boris Shpitalniy]] and [[Semyon Vladimirov]] and en ...of 12.7-mm of ShVak machine guns in 1935. During 1935-1936 12.7-mm ShKAS machine gun was rechambered to a 20-mm caliber round and serial production was laun

...destroyer escorts or escort carriers) employed GFCS for 5 inch and larger guns, up to battleships such as the [[Armament of the Iowa class battleship|USS ...l the firing of several guns at once. In naval engagements both the firing guns and target are moving, and the variables are compounded by the greater dist

...l system was developed for Type 2, which could control and direct 6 of the guns at once. Two of the guns were mounted on together to form the '''20&nbsp;mm Twin AA Machine Cannon'''.

...nnon|Type 98 20 mm]] guns. It was introduced in 1944 and approximately 500 guns were produced. [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]

|wars=[[World War II]] ...45 degrees elevation with HE shell<ref>''Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War''</ref>

|name=Type 98 20 mm anti-aircraft machine cannon |wars=[[World War II]]

...nd served as their standard [[aircraft]] [[autocannon]] during [[World War II]]. ...lyingGuns">Anthony G. Williams and Emmanuel Gustin ''Flying Guns World War II'', Airlife UK 2003</ref><ref name="Mikesh">Robert C. Mikesh, ''Japanese Air

|image=RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II Brown.jpg |caption=Oxford II inflight over [[Saskatchewan]], Canada in 1942

...defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, deve |author= World Health Organization

...2009}} auto bodies. For the next 25 years his "Ram's Head Body and Fender Machine" became a huge help{{Vague|date=December 2009}} for [[auto body work]] men By [[World War II]], rivet guns were used widely in U.S. aircraft factories both for riveting aluminum shee

...quote> According to some analysts, in [[History of Germany since 1945|post-war Germany]], the prohibition of the [[Communist Party of Germany|Communist Pa ...s''" - "hellish machines", usually made with bombs, sometimes only several guns assembled together), were thus legitimized by part of the anarchist movemen

...other air forces before, during, and after the [[World War II|Second World War]]. ...lying boat]]s. However, by the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], the Anson was soon found to have become obsolete in front line combat ro

...l Air Force]] and [[Fleet Air Arm]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It went through a number of variants according to engine availability an ...modified to a single-seat configuration, and armed with six [[.303 in]] [[machine gun]]s for use as an [[emergency fighter]], but did not see combat.