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• QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun
  ...ackground.<br>Photo courtesy of the '''[http://www.cerberus.com.au Friends of the Cerberus]''' |wars=[[World War I]]
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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
  <!-- Artillery specifications --> [[Image:Canon de 47mm.jpg|thumb|left|<center>Model of gun in French service on "Elastic Frame" mounting, at the [[Musée national
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• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV
  |origin= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |type=[[Naval gun]]<br>[[Field gun|Medium field gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defence gun]]
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• QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval gun
  |wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] |part_length={{convert|212.6|in|m}} (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])<ref Name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page108 />
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• QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
  |caption=[[British ordnance terms#HA|HA]] gun in action during [[World War II]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Heavy [[anti-aircraft gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defence gun]]
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• QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun
  |wars=[[World War II]] <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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• QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII
  |caption=Mk IV gun from [[HMS Lance (1914)|HMS ''Lance'']] at the Imperial War Museum, London |wars= [[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
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• QF 4 inch naval gun Mk I – III
  |name= Ordnance QF 4-inch gun Mk I, II, III |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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• QF 6 inch /40 naval gun
  |wars= [[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]] |cartridge= {{convert|100|lb|kg}} [[List of British ordnance terms#QF|QF]], separate cartridge and shell
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• QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
  {{otheruses4|the 1880s Hotchkiss gun|the World War II anti-tank and Molins Class M gun|Ordnance QF 6 pounder}} ...flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Empire|Russia]]<br>{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
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• QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt
  ...as measurement of length|calibres]] version at Gyltö, western archipelago of Finland, 1999. Photo by Ove Enqvist ...only {{convert|5000|yd}}. Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Page 337 quotes m.v. of {{convert|1818|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}} and maximum range {{convert|4500|yd}}. 56
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• RML 9 inch 12 ton gun
  |wars=[[Bombardment of Alexandria (1882)]] ...cost of £739 17 shillings 8 pence is quoted in "The British Navy" Volume II, 1882, by Sir Thomas Brassey. Page 38</ref>
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• ShVAK cannon
  [[Image:Shvak1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Photograph of the cannon]] ...ber|20 mm]] [[autocannon]] used by the [[Soviet Union]] during [[World War II]]. It was designed by [[Boris Shpitalniy]] and [[Semyon Vladimirov]] and en
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...GFCS for 5 inch and larger guns, up to battleships such as the [[Armament of the Iowa class battleship|USS ''Iowa'']]. After the 1950s, GCFSs were integ ...NNERY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958 edition|location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref>
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• Type 91 torpedo
  |wars= [[World War II]] <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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• Gunpowder
  ...le, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]]. ...explosives [[detonation|detonate]], producing a supersonic wave. Ignition of the powder packed behind a bullet must generate enough pressure to force it
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• Guerrilla warfare
  {{History of war}} ...[[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sabotage]], raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary [[Motion (physics)|mobility]] to harass a large
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