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• Mark 24 Mine
  The '''Mark 24 Mine''' (also known as '''FIDO''' or '''Fido''') was a [[United States|US]] air-dropped passive ac ...to 150 feet (45 m). To prevent the torpedo accidentally attacking surface ships, it resumed its circling search if it rose above a depth of 40 feet (12 m).
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• QF 2 pounder naval gun
  ...|pounds]], they were not the same gun as that used by the [[British Army]] as an anti-tank weapon or to equip British tanks and certain [[Armored car (mi ...successful, as it left the mechanism rather light and prone to faults such as rounds falling out of the belts.
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  ...trailer platform was introduced to replace the obsolete lorries still used as mounts from World War I, together with modern new barrels, and equipment to ...2, based on a US Sperry AAA Computer M3A3. This was faster and could track targets at {{convert|400|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} at heights of {{convert|25000|ft|m|abb
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• Type 93 torpedo
  ...pedo]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] (IJN). It is commonly referred to as the ''"Long Lance"'' torpedo by most modern English-language naval historia ...l|methanol]] or [[ethyl alcohol|ethanol]]. Pure oxygen provides five times as much oxidizer in the same tank volume, increasing speed and range, and the
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