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• MG FF cannon
  ...ad use in those roles by the German [[Luftwaffe]], particularly during the early stages of [[World War II]], although from 1941 onwards it was gradually rep *[http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/ Anthony G. Williams' "Cannon, Machine Guns and Ammunition"]
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• MK 101 cannon
  |caption=The MK 101 machine cannon ...]] [[ground-attack aircraft]], commencing in late 1941. Fed by a 10-round (early versions) or a 30-round box magazine, the MK 101 could penetrate 75 mm
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  ...0 mm Becker|an original]] designed by [[Reinhold Becker]] of Germany, very early in [[World War I]], and widely produced by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] and other In 1935 it made an important step by introducing a series of guns designed to be mounted in or on the wings of fighter aircraft. Designated w
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  ...mounted variant, the 2-pounder was also a common main gun on British tanks early in World War II, and was a typical main armament of [[Armored car (military In the early western campaigns the 2-pdr was employed by two types of [[Royal Artillery]
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  |manufacturer=[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]]<br>[[Vickers|Vickers, Sons & Maxi ...stralian Boer War Memorial Committee|accessdate=2008-08-28}}</ref>, was an early 37 mm [[United Kingdom|British]] [[autocannon]]. It was used by several cou
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• QF 4.5 inch Mk I – V naval gun
  ...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
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• QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
  | image = [[Image:HMS Sirius guns.jpg|300px]] ...able when the first ''Didos'' were launched for the full complement of ten guns; priority was given to the battleships. The ''Bellona'' class cruisers, a m
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• QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
  |caption=Early [[Armstrong Whitworth#Elswick Ordnance Company|Elswick]] gun on recoil moun ...1800s used by many countries, and was adapted for use in the [[Mark I tank|early British tanks]] in [[World War I]].
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• Sentry gun
  ...1986 film)|Aliens]]'' (1986) and the television series ''[[Æon Flux]]'' (early 1990s). ...ity. Later, in 1995, Crichton wrote about a more advanced vision of sentry guns in his book ''[[Congo (novel)|Congo]]''.
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• ShVAK cannon
  ...and [[Lavochkin La-7|La-7]], [[Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-3|LaGG-3]], early [[Ilyushin Il-2]], and Soviet-modified [[Hawker Hurricane]] aircraft as wel ...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
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...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
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...Envoy", which could be equipped at short notice with bomb racks and with a machine-gun in a hand-operated [[Armstrong Whitworth]] dorsal turret. Airspeed gain ...the strength of No 4 Flying Training School [[RAF Habbaniya]], [[Iraq]] in early 1941 and some were converted locally, for use as light bombers to help in t
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• Depleted uranium
  ..., mostly for the 115&nbsp;mm guns in the [[T-62]] tank and the 125&nbsp;mm guns in the [[T-64]], [[T-72]], [[T-80]], and [[T-90]] tanks. ...Techsystems]]. The [[US Navy]] used DU in its 20&nbsp;mm [[Phalanx CIWS]] guns, but switched in the late 1990s to armor-piercing tungsten.
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• Airbrush
  ...dye]], but most often [[paint]] by a process of [[nebulization]]. '''Spray guns''' developed from the airbrush and are still considered a type of airbrush. ...acrylic. Certain spray guns, called High-Volume Low-Pressure (HVLP) spray guns, are designed to deliver the same high volumes of paint without requiring s
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• John F. Kennedy assassination
  three bone fragments arrived “later on that evening or very early the next morning while we were all still engaged in continuing our examinat ...stop Oswald before he fired a second shot, because they carried submachine guns and rifles.<ref>Warren Commission Hearings, [http://jfkassassination.net/ru
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• Propaganda of the deed
  An early proponent of propaganda by the deed was the Italian revolutionary [[Carlo P ...ml "Action as Propaganda" by Johann Most, July 25, 1885]</ref> Most was an early influence on American anarchists [[Emma Goldman]] and [[Alexander Berkman]]
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• Outlaw motorcycle club
  ...selves are referred to as the ''colors'' or ''cut'' (a term taken from the early practice of cutting the collars and/or sleeves from a denim or leather jack |last=Yates |first=Brock |authorlink=Brock Yates |year=1999 |title=Outlaw Machine: Harley-Davidson and the Search for the American Soul |location=Boston |pub
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• Combined Task Force 150
  ...d other implements with which to board ships, as well as rocket launchers, machine pistols, and grenades. After consulting with the [[Ministry of Justice of D ...s time, the task force conducted normal operations in the Indian Ocean. By early 2007 it became actively involved in providing a maritime cordon to prevent
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• Avro Anson
  ...light'' 30 January 1936, pp. c–d.</ref> To forgo this laborious process, early aircraft would often perform short flights with the landing gear remaining ...son consisted of a single [[.303 British|.303 in]] (7.7&nbsp;mm) [[Vickers machine gun]] which was fixed within the forward fuselage and aimed by the pilot, w
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• Miles Master
  ...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. ...ter was equipped to carry eight practice bombs, plus one .303 in [[Vickers machine gun]] mounted in the front fuselage. In 1942, all variants had their wings
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