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• M242 Bushmaster
  | origin = [[United States]] ...the [[US armed forces]], as well as by [[NATO]]'s and some other nations' forces in ground vehicles and watercraft.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} ...e War]] <br>[[Falklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operat
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...ting down enemy bombers. Some of the aircraft deploying, or intended to be armed, with the MK 108 were [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]], [[Messerschmitt Bf 110]], [ ...its adoption was much slower than usual in reaching British night-bombing forces, as there were rarely any survivors from the attacks to report the new thre
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• Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher
  | origin = {{Flagcountry|United States}} ...t has been replaced by the Mark 19 in service with the United States Armed Forces.
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• Phalanx CIWS
  | origin = United States ...']] and [[USCG Maritime Security Cutter, Large|''Legend'']] class [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutters]] and the navies of 23 allied nations.{{Citation
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ==United Kingdom service==
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...ionary, or moving targets on the surface or in the air. This gave American forces a technological advantage in WWII against the Japanese who did not develop ...urned back just before it could have finished off survivors of the lightly armed task force of screening escorts and escort carriers of Taffy 3. The [[Battl
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• TEC-9
  {{flag|United States}} The TEC-9 was not accepted by any armed forces leading to its use as a civilian gun. The civilian model of the TEC-9 quick
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• Type 93 torpedo
  ...IJN had fewer [[battleship]]s than the U.S. Navy, IJN planned to use light forces ([[light cruiser]]s, [[destroyer]]s, and [[submarine]]s) to whittle down th ...ts]] offering protection against splinters, and tube reloaders. While IJN armed nearly all of its cruisers with Type 93s, no American heavy cruisers, and o
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...nued to achieve export sales for some time, equipping the newly formed air forces of Egypt, India, Israel, and [[Yugoslavia]]. It was considered to be a capa ...June 1938, p. 631.</ref> On 19 June 1937, the first prototype Oxford, ''[[United Kingdom military aircraft serials|L4534]]'', conducted its [[maiden flight|
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• The World Factbook
  ...nce resource produced by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] of the United States with [[almanac]]-style information about the [[List of countries|countries ...le from the other 270 country listings. }}</ref> As a [[Work of the United States Government|work of the U.S. government]], it is in the [[public domain]].<r
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• Depleted uranium
  ...ons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic ef ...e/faq16.cfm How much depleted uranium hexafluoride is stored in the United States]</ref><ref>[http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/documents/index.cfm Depleted UF<
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• Oil analysis
  ...int Oil Analysis Program]] (JOAP) involving all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The JOAP results proved conclusively that increases in component wear coul
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• COSHH
  parliament=United Kingdom Parliament| territorial_extent=United Kingdom, overseas<ref>[[Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974]], s.84; re
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• Emergency management
  ...obability and the level of impact of a specific hazard. The equation below states that the hazard multiplied by the populations’ vulnerability to that haza ...most technical and financial assistance for recovery efforts in the United States.<ref name=haddow />
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• List of terrorist incidents, 1980
  ..." and are not believed to have been carried out by a [[government]] or its forces (see [[state terrorism]] and [[state-sponsored terrorism]]). *{{flagicon|United States}} March 15: armed members of [[FALN]] raided the campaign headquarters of President [[Jimmy C
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• Assassination of George Tiller
  ...who was nationally known for being one of the few doctors in the [[United States]] to perform [[late-term abortion]]s, was shot and killed by '''Scott Roede Calling the murder "an abhorrent act of violence", [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]] [[Eric Holder]] announced,
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• Militant
  ...confused with a [[Sovereign state|political state]] or [[nation]] that is armed and aggressive.</ref> More precisely, a person or group which is in a psych ...[[Geneva Conventions]] gives lawful combatant status to those engaging in armed conflicts against alien (or foreign) [[Military occupation|occupation]], [[
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• Counter-terrorism
  .... [[Image:US Customs and Border Protection officers.jpg|thumb|250px|United States Customs and Border Protection officers]] ...to include limited response and containment by local military and civilian forces."'' <ref name=JP1-02 />
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• Insurgency
  ...nstituted authority (for example, an authority recognised as such by the [[United Nations]]) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognised as [[ ...power, and thus Confederate warships were given the same rights as United States warships in foreign ports.
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