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- |wars= World War II ..., 3, and 5, and later as the Mark 8, 9, 10, and 12, were the first 14-inch guns to be employed with the [[United States Navy]]. They were installed aboard7 KB (1,083 words) - 22:19, 1 July 2010
- |wars= World War I ...ti-aircraft]] gun for [[United States]] [[destroyers]] through [[World War I]] and the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fir4 KB (519 words) - 22:22, 1 July 2010
- |image=[[Image:Dreanoughts Danton-Main guns.jpg|300px|]] |caption=Main guns of the [[French battleship Danton|''Danton'']]2 KB (275 words) - 22:23, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[Second World War]] ...carried two 548-tonne twin turrets and two 745-tonne triple turrets. All guns used pneumatically operated side-swing [[Welin breech block]]s. Each barre4 KB (569 words) - 22:23, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]] ...fulness against lightly armored ground targets. Crews of the 37 mm AD guns shot down 14,657 Axis planes<ref name="ReferenceA">Shunkov V. N. - ''The We12 KB (1,630 words) - 22:24, 1 July 2010
- ...[[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 1941 |wars= [[World War I]] [[World War II]]5 KB (698 words) - 22:33, 1 July 2010
- |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'8 KB (1,183 words) - 22:34, 1 July 2010
- ...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]]2 KB (314 words) - 22:35, 1 July 2010
- |wars= [[World War II]] ...ever mounted on any warship. They were actually 46 cm (18.1 in) guns, but were designated 40 cm in an effort to hide their true size.3 KB (473 words) - 22:36, 1 July 2010
- |wars= World War I, World War II '''5"/51 caliber guns''' (spoken "five-inch-fifty-one-caliber") formed the main battery of the fi7 KB (975 words) - 22:37, 1 July 2010
- |era=[[World War I]] - [[World War II]] |wars= [[World War II]]5 KB (873 words) - 22:39, 1 July 2010
- |era=[[World War II]] |wars= [[World War II]]5 KB (808 words) - 22:39, 1 July 2010
- ...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.6 KB (811 words) - 22:41, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War II]] ...e taken into [[Wehrmacht]] service as the ''9 cm Flak M 12(t)''. Some guns were reportedly captured in [[Yugoslavia]] and the [[Soviet Union]] as well3 KB (358 words) - 22:48, 1 July 2010
- |image=[[File:HMS Vanguard aft guns USNHC NH 52619.jpg|300px]] |caption=Aft Mk XI guns of [[HMS Vanguard (1909)|HMS ''Vanguard'']]4 KB (512 words) - 22:55, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War I]] ....jpg|thumb|left|<center>[[HMS Agamemnon (1906)|HMS ''Agamemnon'']] has her guns replaced during a refit at Malta in May-June 1915</center>]]5 KB (671 words) - 22:55, 1 July 2010
- |name= Ordnance BL 12 inch gun Mk I - VII |image=[[Image:HMS Conqueror Forecastle Guns Clipped300px.jpg|300px]]4 KB (604 words) - 22:55, 1 July 2010
- ...tion=Crewmen of [[HMS Goliath (1898)|HMS ''Goliath'']] photographed before guns |wars=[[World War I]]4 KB (534 words) - 22:56, 1 July 2010
- |caption=Aft guns of [[HMS Emperor of India (1913)|HMS ''Emperor of India'']] |wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]5 KB (820 words) - 22:56, 1 July 2010
- ...] were also mounted as [[coastal artillery]] near [[Dover]]. A total of 78 guns were made. **2 gun turret Mark I (900.5 Metric tonnes, up to 40 degree elevation)3 KB (525 words) - 22:56, 1 July 2010
- |name= BL 15 inch Mark I ...epresenting the loading cycle of the Mark I turret for the BL 15 inch Mark I.6 KB (898 words) - 22:56, 1 July 2010
- |name=Ordnance BL 16 inch Mark I |caption=Guns of HMS Rodney at maximum elevation, 19403 KB (380 words) - 22:57, 1 July 2010
- | name = 18 inch Mark I | wars = [[World War I]]13 KB (2,013 words) - 22:57, 1 July 2010
- |wars= [[World War I]] [[World War II]] |variants=Mk I, Mk II3 KB (431 words) - 22:58, 1 July 2010
- |wars= [[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] ...1919/B_Ships/Renown_Cl_62.html Jane's Fighting Ships 1919, page 62]</ref>. Guns were thereafter used in single-gun mountings, typically on smaller ships as4 KB (619 words) - 22:58, 1 July 2010
- ...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>6 KB (921 words) - 22:59, 1 July 2010
- ...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>4 KB (524 words) - 22:59, 1 July 2010
- |name= BL 5.5 inch Mark I ...f [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London4 KB (608 words) - 23:00, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]] ...{convert|20|lb|abbr=on}} of the more powerful cordite Mk I size 20, but Mk I caused greater wear</ref>.14 KB (2,133 words) - 23:01, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]] ...oz cordite MD size 19 propellant was the figure used in range tables. New guns were quoted with a muzzle velocity of 2,845 feet per second. Handbook, 19175 KB (692 words) - 23:01, 1 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]] ...0 yards @ 22.5° elevation as coast defence gun, quoted by Spethman, 2008. Guns in naval use had lower elevation and hence shorter range.</ref>8 KB (1,148 words) - 23:01, 1 July 2010
- ...f>These weights include additional weight of hoops added to strengthen the guns. Treatise on Service Ordnance 1893; Text Book of Gunnery 1902</ref> ...gfig=3}}<ref>BLC guns used a {{convert|20|lb|15|oz|kg|abbr=on}} cordite Mk I charge for a muzzle volocity of {{convert|2166|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}, or MD si13 KB (1,982 words) - 23:01, 1 July 2010
- |image=[[File:BL 7.5 inch Mk V guns for HMS Shannon Vickers Works LOC ggbain 19618.jpg|300px]] |wars=[[World War I]]5 KB (777 words) - 23:01, 1 July 2010
- |caption=Mk VIII guns in X and Y Mk I turrets aboard {{HMS|Kent|54|6}} |wars=[[Second World War]]6 KB (855 words) - 23:09, 1 July 2010
- |image=[[File:HMS Defence Stern 9.2 inch guns trained to port.jpg]] |caption=Aft guns of [[HMS Defence (1907)|HMS ''Defence'']] trained to port3 KB (398 words) - 23:09, 1 July 2010
- ...It 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>8 KB (1,213 words) - 23:09, 1 July 2010
- |name= Ordnance BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I - Mk VII |wars=[[World War I]]9 KB (1,349 words) - 23:09, 1 July 2010
- ...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.8 KB (1,277 words) - 16:43, 2 July 2010
- ...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 simply28 KB (4,461 words) - 16:45, 2 July 2010
- .../www.jaegerplatoon.net/AA_GUNS1.htm FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS PART 1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br>{{flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germa |wars=[[Spanish Civil War]], [[World War II]]7 KB (993 words) - 16:48, 2 July 2010
- ...dello 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 ca In German use it was renamed '''7.5-cm Flak 264/3(i)'''.1 KB (154 words) - 16:51, 2 July 2010
- ...ne of the most successful anti-aircraft guns to see service during [[World War II]]. It was used both in an anti-aircraft role and as an anti-tank gun. Th ...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 90/533 KB (428 words) - 16:52, 2 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War I]] ...uip ships they built and/or armed for several countries before [[World War I]].3 KB (439 words) - 19:25, 2 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War I]] ...uip ships they built and/or armed for several countries before [[World War I]].4 KB (495 words) - 19:25, 2 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War I]] ...uip ships they built and/or armed for several countries before [[World War I]].3 KB (370 words) - 19:26, 2 July 2010
- ...e setting of the [[anti-aircraft guns]], to hit the target. The HACS marks I through IV depended upon the control officer inputting to the computer<ref> ...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 allowing5 KB (749 words) - 20:16, 2 July 2010
- |wars=World War II |wars=World War II, Korean War14 KB (2,059 words) - 20:17, 2 July 2010
- ...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 II2 KB (278 words) - 20:43, 2 July 2010
- ...r on Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) ...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 ear47 KB (7,257 words) - 20:48, 2 July 2010
- |wars= World War II |wars= World War II10 KB (1,476 words) - 20:52, 2 July 2010
- |wars= [[World War II]] ...the German [[Luftwaffe]], particularly during the early stages of [[World War II]], although from 1941 onwards it was gradually replaced by the 20 m7 KB (970 words) - 20:52, 2 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War II]] |design_date=[[World War I]]14 KB (2,312 words) - 21:07, 2 July 2010
- {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pound |wars=World War II16 KB (2,285 words) - 21:09, 2 July 2010
- |variants=Mk I Mk II ...eel shells as the Hotchkiss.<ref>Treatise on ammunition 10th Edition 1915. War Office, UK. Page 404</ref>4 KB (521 words) - 21:10, 2 July 2010
- ...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 ==The Pom-Pom Director Mark I - III==4 KB (634 words) - 21:12, 2 July 2010
- ...[Boxer Rebellion]]<br>[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] ...ritish service in 1902, using {{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|abb13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:13, 2 July 2010
- |image=[[File:QF 12 pdr 18 cwt guns for HMS Shannon Vickers Works LOC ggbain 19618.jpg|300px]] |wars=[[World War I]]6 KB (816 words) - 21:13, 2 July 2010
- |wars=[[World War I]] |manufacturer=[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]]6 KB (822 words) - 21:14, 2 July 2010
- |name= QF 1 pdr Mark I & II ("pom-pom") |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London10 KB (1,575 words) - 21:14, 2 July 2010
- {{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} |wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]15 KB (2,301 words) - 21:14, 2 July 2010
- |wars= [[World War II]] ...ly larger calibre of 94 mm. It remained in use after the war until AA guns were replaced by [[guided missile]]s in the late 1950s.8 KB (1,217 words) - 21:14, 2 July 2010
- |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]]17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:15, 2 July 2010
- ...ders.jpg|thumb|left|<center>[[HMS Majestic (1895)|HMS Majestic]] showing 7 guns mounted in [[crow's nest]]s circa. 1897</center>]] ...nt vessels used for auxiliary duties in [[World War II]], or as subcalibre guns for gunnery practice until the 1950s. Early in WWII it was also pressed int5 KB (673 words) - 21:15, 2 July 2010
- ...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 inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45 inches (113 mm)<ref>Jane's Ammuniti12 KB (1,909 words) - 21:15, 2 July 2010
- |name=QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV |wars=[[Second Boer War]]<br>[[World War I]]18 KB (2,680 words) - 19:16, 27 September 2011
- |wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] ...d not adopt the gun, but several were adopted by the army as coast defence guns around the United Kingdom from 1900 onwards<ref Name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page14 KB (549 words) - 21:16, 2 July 2010
- |caption=[[British ordnance terms#HA|HA]] gun in action during [[World War II]] |wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]7 KB (1,023 words) - 21:16, 2 July 2010
- |caption=Mk IV gun from [[HMS Lance (1914)|HMS ''Lance'']] at the Imperial War Museum, London |wars= [[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]5 KB (699 words) - 21:17, 2 July 2010
- |name= Ordnance QF 4-inch gun Mk I, II, III |image=[[File:AIF troops with QF 4 inch Mk I-III gun 1914 AWM P00326.017.jpeg|300px]]5 KB (763 words) - 21:17, 2 July 2010
- | name = QF 5.25 inch Mark I | image = [[Image:HMS Sirius guns.jpg|300px]]13 KB (1,927 words) - 21:17, 2 July 2010
- |wars= [[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]] ...as the '''[[List of British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] 6 inch MK I, II, III''' guns.14 KB (2,105 words) - 21:18, 2 July 2010
- {{otheruses4|the 1880s Hotchkiss gun|the World War II anti-tank and Molins Class M gun|Ordnance QF 6 pounder}} ...r I]]<br>[[Russian Civil War]],<br>[[Second Sino-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War II]]<br>[[Cod Wars]]9 KB (1,311 words) - 21:19, 2 July 2010
- |manufacturer=Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company<br>[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]] ...tification gun, which was used to arm the German [[A7V]] tank in World War I.5 KB (663 words) - 21:19, 2 July 2010
- |variants=Mk I - VI |cartridge=Mk I - V : {{convert|250|to|256|lb|kg|sigfig=4}} [[Palliser shot|Palliser]], [[B9 KB (1,411 words) - 21:24, 2 July 2010
- ...t including [[Yakovlev Yak-1]], [[Polikarpov I-153]] and [[Polikarpov I-16|I-16]], [[Lavochkin La-5]] and [[Lavochkin La-7|La-7]], [[Lavochkin-Gorbunov- ...AS]] machine gun. Plant INZ-2 began production of 12.7-mm of ShVak machine guns in 1935. During 1935-1936 12.7-mm ShKAS machine gun was rechambered to a 25 KB (647 words) - 21:30, 2 July 2010
- ...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 For the US, the brains were first provided by the [[Mark I Fire Control Computer|Mark 1A Fire Control Computer]] which was an electro-54 KB (8,488 words) - 21:31, 2 July 2010
- |used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]][[Imperial Japanese |wars= [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War II]]4 KB (663 words) - 21:35, 2 July 2010
- |used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]] [[Imperial Japanese |wars= [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], [[Soviet-Japanese Border Wars]], [[World War II]]7 KB (982 words) - 21:39, 2 July 2010
- |used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]] [[Imperial Japanese |wars= [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]4 KB (538 words) - 21:39, 2 July 2010
- ...ting, bombing and gunnery roles throughout the [[World War II|Second World War]]. As a consequence of the outbreak of war, many thousands of Oxfords would be ordered by Britain and its allies, incl37 KB (5,369 words) - 21:55, 17 February 2018
- ...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 Organization80 KB (11,721 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2010
- ...nt of traditional gunpowders caused [[corrosion]] problems with Cordite Mk I and this led to the introduction of a range of sulfur-free gunpowders, of v ...technology (i.e. [[rocket]]s, [[guns]], [[cannons]]), and [[explosives]] (i.e. [[grenades]] and different types of [[bombs]]) against the [[Mongols]] w51 KB (7,447 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
- ...ens of thousands of blacks moved to the North during and after [[World War I]] in the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]], unsettling ...with the arming of blacks to raise fears among whites of an impending race war in the South.68 KB (11,009 words) - 21:54, 26 September 2010
- ...quote> According to some analysts, in [[History of Germany since 1945|post-war Germany]], the prohibition of the [[Communist Party of Germany|Communist Pa ...ist, you must take it... the policeman arrested me in the name of the Law, I struck him in the name of Liberty".39 KB (5,660 words) - 21:57, 26 September 2010
- According to [[Louise I. Shelley]], Director of the [[Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption ...ining issue of the 21st century for policymakers - as defining as the Cold War was for the 20th century and colonialism was for the 19th. Terrorists and t9 KB (1,231 words) - 21:58, 26 September 2010
- ...fia]]. There are also a number of localized mafia organizations around the world bearing no link to any specific ethnic background. ...state building.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} The early Christian world was dubious about an unqualified legitimacy of nation-states. [[St. Augusti23 KB (3,128 words) - 21:58, 26 September 2010
- ...be joke meanings, intended to make fools of those outside the outlaw biker world, and also to serve the purpose of provoking outrage among the [[Square (sla ...essdate = 2007-10-24 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Dougherty | first= C.I.| title = 2000 'Gypsycycles' Chug Out of Town and the Natives Sigh 'Never A48 KB (7,309 words) - 21:58, 26 September 2010
- |area = [[World|Global]] ...slam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]] movement calling for global [[Jihad]]. Most of the world considers it a [[terrorist]] organization.<ref>1st paragraph, p. x, ''The D127 KB (18,471 words) - 21:59, 26 September 2010
- | citizenship = [[United Kingdom|British]]/ [[Pakistan]]i ...ززم بغع}}), born 1968, is a [[United Kingdom|British]]/ [[Pakistan]]i [[Muslim]] who was held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the [[Bagram Thea81 KB (11,876 words) - 17:27, 27 September 2010
- During World War II, a few oscilloscopes used for radar development (and a few laboratory os ...therwise cause another trigger. <!-- duplicated details in this paragraph; I'll try to fix this, but feel free to remind me! -- Nikevich-->19 KB (2,799 words) - 14:52, 10 December 2011
- ...ce, so they are not suitable for high frequencies. Using a shielded cable (i.e., coaxial cable) is better for low level signals. Coaxial cable also has ...ls. Multiple-gun CRTs (up to ten guns) were made in past decades. With ten guns, the envelope (bulb) was cylindrical throughout its length.56 KB (8,370 words) - 14:52, 10 December 2011
- ...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 ro50 KB (7,231 words) - 21:55, 17 February 2018
- ...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 ...r entered service just before the start of the war, and eventually 900 Mk. I and Mk. IA Masters were built. This total included 26 built as the '''M.2415 KB (2,126 words) - 21:55, 17 February 2018