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• USS Pillsbury (DE-133)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship honours=5 [[battle stars]] and a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Uni
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• USS Rockaway (AVP-29)
  |Ship namesake=[[Rockaway Inlet]], on the southwestern coast of [[Long Island]], [[New York]], at the entrance to [[New York Bay]] |Ship out of service=
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• USS Biscayne (AVP-11)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship honors=Six [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service
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• USS Barricade (ACM-3)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship honours= 1 [[battle star]]
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...pons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...the guns were universally known as the ''Acht-acht'' (8-8), a contraction of ''Acht-komma-acht Zentimeter'' (German: "8,8 cm" - comma being used as the
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• AT4
  |wars= <li>[[United States invasion of Panama|U.S. invasion of Panama]]<ref name="amnestysweden">http://www.svenskafreds.se/english/vapene ...). [[Saab]] has had considerable sales success with the AT4, making it one of the most common light [[Anti-tank warfare|anti-tank]] weapons in the world.
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• ERYX
  |origin={{flagcountry|France}} <br> {{flagcountry|Canada}} ...Army - ERYX|publisher=[[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]]}}</ref>, or 2.5 m through [[concrete]])
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• 14"/50 caliber gun
  |part_length= {{convert|700|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibers]]) ...50 caliber guns on {{USS|Tennessee|BB-43}} fire in support of the invasion of Okinawa]]
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• 15 cm SK C/28
  ...t battleships]] and the [[Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier]]. A number of surplus weapons were used as coast-defense guns and eight were adapted to u ...nd lighter version of the [[15 cm SK C/25]] guns used as the main armament of the [[German K class cruiser|K class]] and [[Leipzig class cruiser]]s. It s
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• 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  |caption=38 cm turret of Batterie Vara, Kristiansand, Norway ...e guns were used as [[coastal artillery]] in [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] and [[France]]. One gun is currently on display at [[Hanstholm fortress|Hanstholm]].
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• Autocannon
  ...il2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...on MLG27.jpg|thumb|An [[Mauser BK-27|MLG 27]] remote controlled autocannon of the [[German Navy]]]]
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• BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
  |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] ...tandard loading in WWI. The original loading was {{convert|20|lb|abbr=on}} of the more powerful cordite Mk I size 20, but Mk I caused greater wear</ref>.
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I – VII
  ...ns barrel & breech;<br>Mk V - VII : 22 tons<ref name=Gunnery1902>Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII Page 336</ref> ...Gunnery 1902. 175 lb brown powder is quoted for the Mk V gun in Text Book of Gunnery 1887.</ref>
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• Bofors 37 mm
  ...by some European armies during [[World War II]], mainly at the early stage of the war. The [[Gun barrel|barrel]] was of monobloc type, with semi-automatic vertical sliding [[breech block]] and sm
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...gned ''Stiffkey Sight'', being operated by the aimer standing to the right of the loader (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights ...raft systems 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
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• Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929
  ...rld War II]]. It was used on the large destroyers (''contre-torpilleurs'') of the [[Fantasque class destroyer|''Fantasque'']] and [[Mogador class destroy ...n de 138 mm Modèle 1927|Modèle 1927]]. It used the semi-automatic action of the older gun as well as its horizontal sliding block breech. It had an [[A
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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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• Dahlgren gun
  ...g propellant gases needed to be met to keep the gun from bursting. Because of their rounded contours, Dahlgren guns were nicknamed "soda bottles", a shap ...ield carriage and back. In naval service the boat howitzers had gun crews of 10 in the boat and 11 ashore.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...lklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Po ...Gun''', or "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
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  ...ion=The QF 2 pounder in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel. Note the folded legs of the carriage. ...un on British tanks early in World War II, and was a typical main armament of [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]]s such as the [[Daimler Armoured Car
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