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• Meroka CIWS
  ...[[Oerlikon Contraves|Oerlikon]] 20 mm/120 guns mounted in 2 rows of 6 guns each. The system's primary purpose is defence against [[anti-ship missile]] ..., the barrels are purposely skewed in order to expand the impact area. The guns are mounted in an enclosed automatic [[Turret#Warships|turret]] while the t
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• Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon
  The '''Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon''' is a towed [[anti-aircraft gun]] made by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] (renamed as ''Rheinmetall Air Defence ...ed [[Marksman anti-aircraft system|Marksman]] self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. The system could be paired with the off-gun ''Super Fledermaus'' fire cont
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• Otobreda 76 mm
  ...version known as the [[Otomatic]] was built for the [[SPAAG|self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]] role, although this was not put into production. ...-range anti-missile point defence. Its calibre also gives it abilities for anti-aircraft, anti-surface and ground shelling. Specialised ammunition is available for
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• Phalanx CIWS
  ...design criteria its effective range is very short relative to the range of modern ASMs, from 1 to {{convert|5|nmi|km|0}}. The gun mount moves at a very high ...in response to concerns about the performance of gun-based systems against modern, super-sonic sea-skimming anti-ship missiles. Designed as a companion self-
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  ...12 x 112 pounds = 1344 pounds, to differentiate it from other "12 pounder" guns. Mk I and II guns, of "built up" construction of multiple steel layers, served on many Royal
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  |name=QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun |type=[[Anti-aircraft gun]]
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• QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss
  |type=Naval gun<br>Coast-defence gun<br>Anti-aircraft gun ...t was also used ashore as a coast defence gun and later occasionally as an anti-aircraft gun.
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• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV
  ...amily of United-Kingdom 120-mm [[naval artillery|naval]] and coast defence guns of 1888 and 1890s which served with the navies of various countries. They w ...nch gun Mk I - V|BL 5 inch (127 mm) naval guns]] and was optimised for the modern [[smokeless propellant]]s such as [[Cordite]].
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• QF 6 inch /40 naval gun
  ...as the '''[[List of British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] 6 inch MK I, II, III''' guns. These guns were developed to exploit the new [[British ordnance terms#QF|Quick-Firing]
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• QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
  These guns were used as examination guns at coastal forts in WWII, including [[Barrett Point]] battery near Prince R ...o simplify manufacture, identified as "6 pdr Single Tube". Initially these guns were only allowed to be fired with a special lower charge but in 1917 they
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• Rheinmetall MK 20 Rh 202
  ...now a subsidiary of Rheinmetall) [[Mauser BK-27|MLG 27]] remote controlled guns of 27 mm calibre. * [[Rheinmetall 20 mm Twin Anti-Aircraft Cannon]]
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• T249 Vigilante
  |rate= 3,000 rpm (anti-aircraft), 120 rpm (ground targets) The T249 '''Vigilante''' was a prototype 37&nbsp;mm [[self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]] (SPAAG) designed as a replacement for the [[Bofors 40 mm gun]] and [[
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• Type 730 CIWS
  [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]] [[Category:Multi-barrel machine guns]]
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...> The Oxford was specifically planned and developed to incorporate various modern innovations and equipment fittings, including a full array of instruments a ...1940s with some being modified to carry pod-mounted forward facing machine guns and rocket projectiles.<ref name="ab-others" />
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• Propaganda of the deed
  ...s''" - "hellish machines", usually made with bombs, sometimes only several guns assembled together), were thus legitimized by part of the anarchist movemen ...t libertarians. [[John Filiss]] and [[Jim Bell]] are two of the best known modern advocates.
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• Al-Qaeda
  ...viet jihad. Pakistan was left to face the blowback of extremism, drugs and guns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/opinion/lweb22pakist | title = Modern Jihad: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks
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• Combined Task Force 150
  ...t]] operates a [[Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class destroyer]], one of the most modern destroyers in the world that carries a [[Super Lynx]] Mk.99A. ...spaces.live.com/blog/cns!236EAD50CA3CA749!173.entry The Usage of Artillery Guns against Sparrows in Somalia]
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