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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX – X
  ...has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I – VII
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |wars=[[World War I]]
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...r (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. ...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]]
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• Gyro Rate Unit
  ...urately measure target aircraft speed and direction.<ref>Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935-45, Pout </ref> ==The Gyro Rate Unit==
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• Hedgehog (weapon)
  ...hog_launcher.jpg|right|thumb|Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar with full load of practice bombs, ''circa'' 2002.]] ...ing2.jpg|thumbnail|right|Hedgehog bombs fired from USS Moberly detonate on the ocean floor]]
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  |caption=HS.404 in the TCM-20 twin anti-aircraft configuration, displayed at the Israeli Air Force Museum. |wars=World War II
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  :''This article is about the .50 caliber M2 machine gun. For the .30-06 M2 machine gun, see [[M1919 Browning machine gun]].'' |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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• Mark 24 Mine
  ...out of a total of 204 fired. The torpedo was also supplied to the [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] forces. ...gan development in December 1941. These later projects later became Office of Scientific Research and Development project 61 (FIDO).
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• Mousetrap (weapon)
  ...ar]] by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]{{Fact|date=October 2008}} and the [[U.S. Coast Guard]].<ref name=uscg> ...er, were [[spigot mortar|spigot]]-launched, placing considerable strain on the launching vessel's [[deck]], whereas Mousetrap was rocket-propelled. As a r
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  |wars=[[World War II]] |design_date=[[World War I]]
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} <!--SCROLL DOWN IN ORDER TO EDIT THE ARTICLE-->
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• Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
  |variants=Mk I Mk II ...eel shells as the Hotchkiss.<ref>Treatise on ammunition 10th Edition 1915. War Office, UK. Page 404</ref>
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• Polsten
  ...uld use a simpler box magazine with 30 rounds. It remained in service into the 1950s. ...one Oerlikon cannon was about [[Pound sterling|£350]], while the cost of the Polsten was between £60 and £70.
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• Pom-Pom Director
  ...move the mount to match the pointers rather than having to try and aim at the target aircraft. ==The Pom-Pom Director Mark I - III==
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...er Rebellion]]<br>[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  |name= QF 1 pdr Mark I & II ("pom-pom") |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London
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• QF 2 pounder naval gun
  {{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} |caption= The quadruple 2 pdr mounting (Mk.VII) of [[HMS Kelvin (F37)|HMS ''Kelvin'']]
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]]
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• QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss
  |rate=30 / minute<ref>30 rounds per minute is the figure given by Elswick Ordnance for their 40-calibres model. Quoted in [ht The '''QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss''' was a light 47-mm naval gun introduced in 1886
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• QF 4.5 inch Mk I – V naval gun
  ...ber as measurement of length|calibre]] family of guns up to the 1970s. For the current unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see [[4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gu ...tish nominally 4.5&nbsp;inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45&nbsp;inches (113&nbsp;mm)<ref>Jane's Ammunition Handbook, 1999-2000 Ed
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