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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...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
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...bombing''' (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) during the Lebanese Civil War, two [[truck bomb]]s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the Un ...War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30
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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 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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• 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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• Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1927
  |wars= World War II ...avy]] used during World War II. Its design was derived from a German World War I design. It was used on the minelaying-cruiser ''Pluton'', the destroyers
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• 20 ITK 40 VKT
  | wars = [[Continuation War]]<br>[[Lapland War]] ...ive 20 mm air defence 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
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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]] ...battlefield, making it one of the most recognizable German weapons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.
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• 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 gun
  |wars= First World War, Second World War ...tillery after the ships were broken up, and served during the Second World War.
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• ADEN cannon
  ...[Hispano-Suiza HS.404]] 20 mm cannon used in British aircraft of World War II. It is based (as are the French [[DEFA cannon]] and American [[M39 cannon]] ...o 1,500–1,700 rounds per minute. No new Mk 5s were built, but many older weapons were converted, being redesignated '''Mk 5 Straden'''.
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• 15 cm Schnelladekanone L/45
  |wars=World War I, World War II ...gun)) 45 caliber) was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.
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• 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type
  |wars= [[World War II]] [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]
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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
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...T 3: Heavy Guns|date=23 September 2007|accessdate=2009-05-22}}</ref> Those weapons captured after the German conquest of Europe were taken into [[Wehrmacht]]
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• Vickers S
  | era=Second World War | wars=Second World War
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• 12"/50 caliber gun (Argentina)
  |wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]] ...e = Argentina - 12"/50 (30.5 cm) Bethlehem | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNARG_12-50_Bethlehem.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | accessdate = 22 Febr
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• 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
  |wars= [[World War II]] ...destroyers ceded to the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Republic of China]] as war reparations, the last of which was scrapped in 1970 after running aground i
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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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• 15 cm SK C/25
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...lass]] and [[Leipzig class cruiser|''Leipzig''-class cruisers]]. Oddly, no weapons of this type surplus appear to have been used as coast-defense guns.
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• 15 cm SK C/28
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...ps]] and the [[Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier]]. A number of surplus weapons were used as coast-defense guns and eight were adapted to use Army carriage
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• 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
  |wars= World War II ...States of America 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 7 February 2008 | ac
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• 20.3 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...gun''' was the main battery gun used on all [[Germany|German]] [[World War II]] [[heavy cruiser]]s.
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• 3.7 cm FlaK 43
  | wars = [[World War II]] ...t flying at altitudes of 4200 meters<ref>Hogg, ''German Artillery of World War Two''</ref> and lower. The cannon was produced in both towed and self-prop
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• 3.7 cm SK C/30
  |wars=[[Second World War]] .... It was superseded by the fully-automatic [[3.7 cm Flak M43]] late in the war.
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• 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...ht=20 tonnes<ref name="Campbell">{{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=
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• 203mm/55 Modèle 1931 gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...ht=22 tonnes<ref name="Campbell">{{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=
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• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...ength|caliber]] guns''' formed the main battery of [[Japan]]'s [[World War II]] [[heavy cruiser]]s. These guns were also mounted on two early [[aircraft
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• 28 cm SK C/28 naval gun
  ...g armour-piercing projectile :<ref>Tony diGiulian, http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-52_skc28.htm</ref> ...Tony| title = German 28 cm/52 (11") SK C/28 | url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-52_skc28.htm| publisher = Navweaps.com| date = 13 October 2006| ac
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• 28 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  ...= Tony| title = Netherlands 28 cm/54.5 (11")| url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNNeth_11-545.htm| publisher = Navweaps.com| date = 09 October 2006| access ...ony| title = German 28 cm/54.5 (11") SK C/34 | url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-545_skc34.htm| publisher = Navweaps.com| date = 13 October 2006| a
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• 10.5 cm FlaK 38
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...cm SK C/33''' was a German [[anti-aircraft gun]] used during [[World War II]] by the [[Kriegsmarine]] on a number of their larger capital ships. It was
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• 12"/50 caliber Mark 8 gun
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...e = United States of America 12"/50 Mark 8 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_12-50_mk8.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | accessdate = 7 January 2009
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• 12.8 cm FlaK 40
  |wars=[[World War II]] The '''12.8&nbsp;cm FlaK 40''', was a [[Germany|German]] [[World War II]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] gun built as the successor to the
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• 14"/45 caliber gun
  |wars= World War II ...tle = 14"/45 (35.6 cm) Marks 1, 2, 3 and 5 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_14-45_mk1.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 2008-03-27 | access
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• 15 cm/50 41st Year Type
  |wars= [[World War II]] [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  |wars=[[World War II]]<br>[[Korean War]]<br>[[Vietnam War]]<br>[[Gulf War]] | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm
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• 203 mm /53 Italian naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] * {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...gun]]s widely used by various German forces throughout the [[Second World War]]. It was the primary German light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a
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• 3"/23 caliber gun
  |wars= World War I ...[[anti-aircraft]] gun for [[United States]] [[destroyers]] through [[World War I]] and the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun f
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• 3"/50 caliber gun
  ...ange of 7000 yards at the maximum elevation of 15 degrees. By [[World War II]] these guns were found only on a few Coast Guard cutters and [[Defensively ...ied by submarines, auxiliaries, and merchant ships during the second world war. These guns fired the same {{convert|2700|ft|m}} per second ammunition use
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 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 ...action. <ref> [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3-70_mk37.htm US Naval Weapons, at "NavWeaps" website]</ref> It was an essential improvement over the prev
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• 305mm/45 Modèle 1906 gun
  |wars= [[World War I]] * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_12-45_m1906.htm 305 mm/45 (12") Model 1906 and Model 1906-1910]
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• 320 mm Model 1934 naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...[[Italy]]'s [[World War I]] [[battleship]]s for service during [[World War II]].<ref name="Breyer"/> The guns were manufactured by boring out and relini
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• 330mm/50 Modèle 1931 gun
  |wars= [[Second World War]] * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_13-50_m1931.htm French 330 mm/50 (13") Model 1931]
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• 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 gun
  |wars= [[First World War]], [[Second World War]] * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_134-45_m1912.htm 340 mm/45 (13.4") Model 1912]
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  |wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]] ...s shot down 14,657 Axis planes<ref name="ReferenceA">Shunkov V. N. - ''The Weapons of the Red Army''</ref>. The mean quantity of 37&nbsp;mm ammunition to shoo
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• 37mm Gun M1
  ...ed in the [[United States]]. It was used by the [[US Army]] in [[World War II]]. | title = Allied Artillery of World War Two
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• 380 mm/45 Modèle 1935 gun
  |wars= [[Second World War]], [[Suez Crisis]] * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_15-45_m1935.htm French 380 mm/45 (14.96") Model 1935 ]
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• 381mm / 50 Model 1934 naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] * {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=
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• 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...enough protection for the guns (''[[Cross-Channel guns in the Second World War|Battery Todt]]'') emplaced on [[Cap-Gris-Nez]] in the [[Pas de Calais]] nea
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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 ...ird Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945''. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  |wars=[[Falklands war]] ...rgets since 1938. The current 55-calibre Mark 8 gun replaced the World War II era 45-calibre [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun]]s. Like all British 4.5 in
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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:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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• 40M Nimrod
  ...sed on a license built copy of the Swedish [[Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II]] [[tank]]. Originally, it was intended to be used as an anti-aircraft and Late in the war, the vehicle was issued with the 42M "Kerngranate". This was a rocket gren
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• 40 cm/45 Type 94
  |wars= [[World War II]] ...p]]s that were in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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• 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K)
  |wars=[[Second World War]], [[Cold War]] ...' gun from 1942—3. It was used in [[World War II]] and during the [[Cold War]] as the Soviets exported their WWII-era ships to their friends and allies.
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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 5"/25 guns removed from pre-war battleships (especially those rebuilt after [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  |wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who b ...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
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• 5"/51 caliber gun
  |wars= World War I, World War II ...yed ashore for coast defense.<ref>Tony DiGiulian, [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_5-51_mk7.htm "United States of America 5"/51 (12.7 cm) Marks 7, 8, 9,
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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
  ...System]] or the [[Mk 160 Gun Computing System]]. Since before [[World War II]], 5" has been the standard gun caliber for U.S. Naval ships. Its rate of * {{sclass|Salih Reis|frigate}}s (MEKO 200 TN II-B)
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• 6"/53 caliber gun
  |wars= [[World War II]] * {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=
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• 61 cm Type 90 torpedo
  | wars = [[Second World War]] ...ired [[torpedo]] used by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during [[World War II]]. It was used in the {{sclass|Hatsuharu|destroyer}}s and in most cruisers,
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• 7,62 ITKK 31 VKT
  | wars = [[Winter War]] [[Continuation 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
  |era=[[World War II]] |wars= [[World War II]]
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• 7.5 cm kanon PL vz. 37
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...7''' was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used in the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]
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• 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun
  ...eavy cruisers.<ref name="Campbell">Campbell, John ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'' Naval Institute Press (1985) ISBN 0-87021-459-4 pp.131&143</ref> ...Friedman | first = Norman| authorlink = | title = Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems | edition = 5th | year = 2006 | publisher = [[Naval I
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• 8"/55 caliber gun
  |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=
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• 8.35 cm PL kanon vz. 22
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]
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• 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)
  ...mmunition required to shoot down one enemy plane was 598 rounds. After the war some 52-Ks were refitted for peaceful purposes as anti-avalanche guns in a ...ry country behind the [[Iron Curtain]] received this gun after [[World War II]] for their [[air defense]]. In the Soviet Union itself, these guns were la
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• 8 cm PL kanon vz. 37
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]
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• 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
  |era=WW II |wars=[[World War II|Second World War]]
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• 9 cm kanon PL vz. 12/20
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]
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• Ag m/42
  ...red in all for the [[Swedish Army]]. This was a relatively small number of weapons and the standard infantry rifle remained the 6.5&nbsp;mm [[bolt action]] m/ ...never modified to the later Ag m/42B version. The serial numbers of these weapons were between 22000 and 25000 (see Samlarforum.nu). However, in the Netherla
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• Autocannon
  ...nderGunIWMApril2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...by aircraft in air-to-air combat, where the target dwell time is short and weapons are typically operated in brief bursts.
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• BL 12 inch naval gun Mk I – VII
  |weight=Mk I : 47 tons barrel & breech<br> Mk II - V 45 tons<ref name=Gunnery1887TableXVI>Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. Table |part_length=Mk I & II : {{convert|301.7|in|m|sigfig=4}} bore (25.14 calibres)<br>Mk III - VII {{c
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• BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun
  [[Cross-Channel guns in the Second World War|Two guns]] were also mounted as [[coastal artillery]] near [[Dover]]. A tot * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_14-45_mk7.htm Page from Nav weapons.com]
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• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
  ...1915)|HMS ''Resolution'']] (right gun), are mounted outside the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London. ==World War II ammunition==
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• BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun
  An improved weapon, the '''BL 16 inch Mark II''' was designed, but not produced, for the cancelled [[Lion class battleshi *Tony DiGiulian, [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_16-45_mk1.htm British 16"/45 (40.6 cm) Mark I]
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• BL 5.5 inch Mark I naval gun
  ...f [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London ...nch Mk I''' was a naval gun used by the British [[Royal Navy]] during both World Wars.
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• BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
  |caption=On Mk II carriage, Reninghelst, [[Flanders]], 15 June 1916 |wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]]
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• BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]]<br>[[Korean War]] ...non-anti-aircraft) [[cruiser]]s built from 1930 through the [[second world war]]. It replaced the [[BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun]] used on earlier [[Washi
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• BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI
  |name= Ordnance BL 6 inch gun Mks II, III, IV, VI |variants=Mks II, III, IV, VI
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk II – V naval gun
  |name= Ordnance BL 7.5 inch gun Mk II - Mk V |wars=[[World War I]]
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk VI naval gun
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...a]], and three in a battery at [[South Shields]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="Campbell"/>
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• Berezin B-20
  ...[20 mm caliber]] [[autocannon]] used by [[Soviet]] aircraft in [[World War II]]. '''Similar weapons:'''
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• BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...in and elevation speed to follow contemporary aircraft; so simplified Mark II turrets with a maximum elevation of 50 degrees were installed in the ''Norf
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX – X
  ...has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] ...f Munitions 1922, Volume X, Part 1, page 73. Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press 2008. ISBN 1 847348 84 X</ref>
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I – VII
  |wars=[[World War I]] ...vy naval and coast defence guns in service from 1881 to the end of [[World War I]]. They were originally designed to use the old gunpowder propellants.
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• Bofors
  ...ng. A leading Swedish steel producer by the early 1870s, it expanded into weapons manufacture when steel produced via the [[Siemens-Martin process]] started ...(UDI) of the [[United States]] acquired Bofors Weapons Systems (the heavy weapons division), while Saab retained the missile interests.
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• Bofors 152 mm gun
  ...ovinciën class cruiser|''De Zeven Provincien'' class]], after [[World War II]]. It is still used on the [[Peruvian Navy]] [[cruiser]] [[BAP Almirante Gr [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]
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• Bofors 37 mm
  ...European armies during [[World War II]], mainly at the early stage of the war. ...ion Tykkitehdas'' - State Artillery Factory) in 1939-41. When the [[Winter War]] began in November 1939, the Finnish Army had 98 guns of the type. The gun
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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
  ...Italy]]<br>{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{CHN}}<ref>Some were captured during the war and pressed into service [http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/equipar |wars=[[Spanish Civil War]], [[World War II]]
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• Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929
  |wars= [[World War II]] ...edium calibre [[naval gun]] of the [[French Navy]] used during [[World War II]]. It was used on the large destroyers (''contre-torpilleurs'') of the [[Fa
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• Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development
  ...as derived from their original title, the '''Inspectorate of Anti-Aircraft Weapons and Devices''', IAAWD, which was corrupted to Instigator of Anti-Aircraft W ...was developed after the [[Stewart Blacker|Lt-Col Blacker]]'s spigot mortar weapons were shown to the DMWD by [[MD1]] ("Churchill's Toyshop").
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• Solothurn ST-5
  ...cessful [[2 cm FlaK 30]] series of guns used by [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. ...[[Rheinmetall]], which at the time was prohibited from developing certain weapons. It and other German manufacturers sought partnerships with foreign firms,
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• Gyro Rate Unit
  The Royal Navy, after World War one, became increasingly concerned with the threat posed by aerial attack. ...rate at shorter ranges where apparent target motion was highest.<ref>Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, p18.</ref> GRU/GRUB was also used on the The [[Pom-Pom Di
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