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...ariety of capacities and locations, including shore establishments such as naval hospitals and clinics, aboard ships, as the primary medical caregivers for ...1 and remained through the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Following the war, the title Surgeon's Steward was abolished in favor of [[Apothecary]], a po

...bombing''' (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) during the Lebanese Civil War, two [[truck bomb]]s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the Un ...War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30

...destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==

...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...tactics, maneuvering, and the hundreds of other tasks demanded of a man-o-war.

...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==

...& Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm | title = Porter | short = on | accessdate = 23 April 2009 }}</ref><br> ...an Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm link]) reports, without explanation, four.</ref>

|type= [[Naval gun]] |wars= World War II

[[Image:2001gun88mmwiki.jpg|thumb|88 mm display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, 2001]] ...battlefield, making it one of the most recognizable German weapons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.

|type= naval gun |wars= First World War, Second World War

|type=naval gun<br />railroad gun<br />coast defense gun |wars=World War I, World War II

|type= Naval gun |wars= [[World War II]]

| era=Second World War | wars=Second World War

|wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]] |type=Naval gun

|name= 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]

|wars= [[Second World War]] ...manufactured by [[Hotchkiss et Cie]] from the late 1920s until [[World War II]] where it saw service with various nation's forces, including Japan where

|type=[[naval gun]] |wars=[[Second World War]]

|type=[[naval gun]] |wars=[[Second World War]]

|type= Naval Gun |wars= World War II

|name= 20 cm SK C/34 naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun

|wars=[[Second World War]] .... It was superseded by the fully-automatic [[3.7 cm Flak M43]] late in the war.

|type= naval gun |wars=[[Second World War]]

|type= naval gun |wars=[[Second World War]]

|name= 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]

The German '''28&nbsp;cm C/28 naval gun''' was a 283&nbsp;mm 52-[[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cali ...g armour-piercing projectile :<ref>Tony diGiulian, http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-52_skc28.htm</ref>

The German '''28 cm C/34 naval gun''' was a 283 mm 54.5-[[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber ...= Tony| title = Netherlands 28 cm/54.5 (11")| url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNNeth_11-545.htm| publisher = Navweaps.com| date = 09 October 2006| access

|wars=[[World War II]] |type=Naval gun

|type= Naval Gun |wars= World War II

|type= Naval gun |wars= [[World War II]]

|type=Naval gun |wars=[[World War II]]<br>[[Korean War]]<br>[[Vietnam War]]<br>[[Gulf War]]

|type= [[Naval gun]] |wars=[[Second World War]]

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...gun]]s widely used by various German forces throughout the [[Second World War]]. It was the primary German light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a

|type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun |wars= World War I

|type= Dual-Purpose Naval Gun ...'3"/50 caliber gun''' (spoken "three-inch-fifty-caliber") in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 3 inches (7.62cm) in d

|type= Anti-Aircraft Naval Gun ...War II]]. The name indicates in US Navy terminology that this piece of [[naval artillery]] fires a 3" projectile (7.62 cm) in diameter and has a caliber l

|type= naval gun |wars= [[World War I]]

|type= [[Naval gun]] |wars=[[Second World War]]

|type= naval gun |wars= [[Second World War]]

|type= naval gun |wars= [[First World War]], [[Second World War]]

|wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]] ...s shot down 14,657 Axis planes<ref name="ReferenceA">Shunkov V. N. - ''The Weapons of the Red Army''</ref>. The mean quantity of 37&nbsp;mm ammunition to shoo

|type= naval gun |wars= [[Second World War]], [[Suez Crisis]]

|type= [[Naval gun]] |wars=[[Second World War]]

|name=38 cm SK C/34 naval gun |type=naval, railroad and coast defense gun

|name= 4"/50 caliber naval gun ...irst American shots fired in World War II|first American shot of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941

|name=4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun |image=[[Image:Northumberland Naval Gun.jpg|300px]]

...uzzle velocity of 2650fps (808m/s).<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'', p48.</ref> The 40 degree elevation was justified on the grounds that [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]

|type= Naval gun |wars= [[World War II]]

|wars=[[Second World War]], [[Cold War]] ...' gun from 1942—3. It was used in [[World War II]] and during the [[Cold War]] as the Soviets exported their WWII-era ships to their friends and allies.

...5"/38 caliber gun]].<ref name=C137>Campbell 1985 p.137</ref> United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (127&nbs 5"/25 guns removed from pre-war battleships (especially those rebuilt after [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl

|wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who b The '''Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun''' is a [[United States|US]] naval gun.

|wars= World War I, World War II ...tes Navy [[battleship]]s built from 1907 through the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (127&nbs

|wars= World War II and Cold War ...'''5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun''' (127mm) was a late [[World War II]]-era [[naval artillery]] gun mount used by the [[United States Navy]] and [[Japan Mariti

|type= [[Naval gun]] ...aliber_(artillery)|caliber]] (Mk 45) lightweight gun''' is a modern U.S. [[naval artillery]] gun mount consisting of a 5-inch (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on th

|name= 6"/53 caliber naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]

| wars = [[Second World War]] | manufacturer = Kure, Yokosuka and Sasebo Naval Arsenals

|era=[[World War I]] - [[World War II]] |wars= [[World War II]]

|type=Naval gun |designer=[[Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division]]

|name= 8"/55 caliber naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]

...nderGunIWMApril2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...by aircraft in air-to-air combat, where the target dwell time is short and weapons are typically operated in brief bursts.

|type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun |weight=Mk I : 47 tons barrel & breech<br> Mk II - V 45 tons<ref name=Gunnery1887TableXVI>Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. Table

[[Image:British 14in Naval Gun 1930s Model.png|400px|thumb|right|A BL 14in/45]] [[Image:British 14in Naval Gun Breech Detail.png|thumb|right|Breech detail]]

|type= naval gun ...1915)|HMS ''Resolution'']] (right gun), are mounted outside the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London.

|type= naval gun ...|BL]] 16 inch Mark I''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[naval artillery|naval gun]] introduced in the 1920s and used on the [[Nelson class battleship|''N

...f [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London |type= [[naval gun]]

|caption=On Mk II carriage, Reninghelst, [[Flanders]], 15 June 1916 |wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]]

|type= [[Naval gun]] |wars=[[Second World War]]<br>[[Korean War]]

|name= Ordnance BL 6 inch gun Mks II, III, IV, VI |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]

|name= Ordnance BL 7.5 inch gun Mk II - Mk V |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]

|type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]] |wars=[[World War II]]

|type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun |wars=[[Second World War]]

...has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun

|type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun |wars=[[World War I]]

|type=Naval gun ...ovinciën class cruiser|''De Zeven Provincien'' class]], after [[World War II]]. It is still used on the [[Peruvian Navy]] [[cruiser]] [[BAP Almirante Gr

...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] ...during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as

...Italy]]<br>{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{CHN}}<ref>Some were captured during the war and pressed into service [http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/equipar |wars=[[Spanish Civil War]], [[World War II]]

|type= [[Naval gun]] |wars= [[World War II]]

...as derived from their original title, the '''Inspectorate of Anti-Aircraft Weapons and Devices''', IAAWD, which was corrupted to Instigator of Anti-Aircraft W ...y Projector]], an anti-aircraft rocket battery designed to be mountable on naval vessels and the system of [[degaussing]] used to protect ships against [[ma

...cessful [[2 cm FlaK 30]] series of guns used by [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. ...[[Rheinmetall]], which at the time was prohibited from developing certain weapons. It and other German manufacturers sought partnerships with foreign firms,

The Royal Navy, after World War one, became increasingly concerned with the threat posed by aerial attack. ...rate at shorter ranges where apparent target motion was highest.<ref>Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, p18.</ref> GRU/GRUB was also used on the The [[Pom-Pom Di

...anti-submarine weapon]] developed by the [[Royal Navy]] during [[World War II]], that was deployed on [[convoy]] escort [[warship]]s such as [[destroyer] ...2.<ref>Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons & Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1977), Volume 12, p.1283, "Hedgehog".</ref>

{{redirect|M242|the Israeli Jeep derivative|AIL Storm#Storm II}} ...ace it started in 1972 at [[Hughes Aircraft]] as the '''Vehicle Rapid-Fire Weapons System-Successor''', or '''VRFWS-S'''. This was essentially a power-driven

...r on Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) ..."Ma Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John Browning's e

|wars= [[Vietnam War]] At the end of [[World War II]], the [[United States Army]] began to consider new directions for future [

|wars=[[World War II]] ...annon]] used in [[Nazi Germany|German]] combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Although accurate and powerful, with a high muzzle velocity, it was very

...|kn}} slower than the [[Mark 14 torpedo]]. 17,000 were produced during the war.{{Ref|Milford1}} At the close of the war, the Mark 13 was considered one of the most reliable air-dropped torpedoes

|wars= [[World War II]] ...Navy]]'s standard submarine-launched anti-ship [[torpedo]] of [[World War II]].

...r, and had longer range and larger warhead. 9,700 were produced during the war.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1592/ustorp1.htm Milford, Frederick ...plagued the Mark 14 for the first 20 months following U.S. entry into the war, though this was not realized nearly as quickly by the destroyer crews as i

...turret''' (3x152 mm) was a feature of many U.S. cruisers during World War II. The {{sclass|Cleveland|cruiser}} from that period had four such turrets. ...{USS|Little Rock|CG-4}}, which is located in the [[Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].

...pedo''' was an electric torpedo used by the [[US Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...York: Bantam, 1976), p.280.</ref> in particular the [[Mark 2 torpedo|Mark II]], originated in 1941 in collaboration with [[General Electric]] and [[Exid

...ustic homing anti-[[submarine]] [[torpedo]] used during the [[Second World War]] against [[Germany|German]] and [[Japan]]ese submarines. It entered servic ...d for submarine use against surface vessels. It saw service in the Pacific war from the summer of 1944. Lieutenant Commander [[Carter L. Bennett]]'s [[USS

...[submarine]] [[rocket]] used mainly during the [[World War II|Second World War]] by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]{{Fact|date=October 2008}} and the ...ors = | title = Submarine Chaser SC-718 | work = | publisher = NavSource Naval History | date = | url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/150718.htm |

|wars=[[World War II]] |design_date=[[World War I]]

...tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} |wars=World War II

|type=[[Naval gun]], [[Anti-aircraft gun]] |variants=Mk I Mk II

...of space on these ships to site a Pom-Pom Director.<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WW2''</ref> ...l anti-aircraft [[Fire-control_system|fire control]]<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WW2'',p113, 178, 226 and 319. Campbell notes that the first USN tachymet

|type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun ...er Rebellion]]<br>[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]

|name= QF 1 pdr Mark I & II ("pom-pom") |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London

{{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} |service=1915–1940s (Mk II)<br>1930–1940s (Mk VIII)

|caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]]

|type=Naval gun<br>Coast-defence gun<br>Anti-aircraft gun ...odel. Quoted in [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/brassey/b1901o08.htm Brassey's Naval Annual 1901]</ref>

...For the current unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see [[4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun]], manufactured by [[BAE Systems]]. Like all British nominally 4.5&nbsp;inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45&nbsp;inches (113&nbsp;mm)<r

|caption=Typical naval deck mounting, 1890s |type=[[Naval gun]]<br>[[Field gun|Medium field gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defe

|type=Naval gun<br>Coast defence gun |wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]

|image=[[File:QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun WWII AWM P00444.155.jpeg]] |caption=[[British ordnance terms#HA|HA]] gun in action during [[World War II]]

|name= Ordnance QF 4-inch gun Mk I, II, III |type= [[Naval artillery|Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]

| variants = Mk I, Mk II ...e of Navweapons]</ref>, it saw extensive service during the [[Second World War]].

|name= QF 6 inch 40 calibre naval gun<br>''Type 41 6-inch (152 mm)/40-caliber'' |caption=Typical naval deck mounting. This shows an early long cartridge case for [[gunpowder]] pr

{{otheruses4|the 1880s Hotchkiss gun|the World War II anti-tank and Molins Class M gun|Ordnance QF 6 pounder}} ...]<br>[[Russian Civil War]],<br>[[Second Sino-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War II]]<br>[[Cod Wars]]

|type=Naval gun<br>Coast defence gun The '''QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt''' was a light 57 mm naval gun and coast defence gun of the late 1800s used by many countries.

|type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun ...cost of £739 17 shillings 8 pence is quoted in "The British Navy" Volume II, 1882, by Sir Thomas Brassey. Page 38</ref>

...RY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958 edition|location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref> ...echanical fuze ammunition per kill, even in late 1944.<ref>Campbell, Naval Weapons of WW2, P106</ref>

|caption= Squid anti-submarine mortar on display at the [[Devonport Naval Base]] |designer= [[Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development]]

..." (B5N) bombers.<ref name="hellions"/> The plan for attack was designed by naval air strategist [[Minoru Genda]] for [[Admiral]] [[Isoroku Yamamoto]] in the |url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTJAP_WWII.htm

|used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]][[Imperial Japanese |wars= [[World War II]]

|wars= [[World War II]] ...It was used in the [[naval battle]] of carrier task forces in [[World War II]].

...ched [[torpedo]] used by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during [[World War II]]. It was {{Convert|23|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} in length and 21&nbsp;inches (53 [[Category:Japanese World War II weapons]]

...outside U.S. Navy headquarters in [[Washington, D.C.]], during [[World War II]]. | wars = [[Second World War]]

...time. Some have claimed this to be the best torpedo of the [[Second World War]].{{Who|date=July 2009}} *[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTJAP_WWII.htm A page with many statistics on Japanese WWII torpedoes.]

|wars=[[World War II]] ...45 degrees elevation with HE shell<ref>''Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War''</ref>

|used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]][[Imperial Japanese |wars= [[World War II]]

...defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, deve |author= World Health Organization

...China and founded the Yuan Dynasty, they used the Chinese gunpowder-based weapons technology in their invasion of Japan. Chinese also used gunpowder to fuel ...Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World'', Perseus Books Group: 2005, ISBN :0465037224, 9780465037223: 272 pages</r

OA was first used after [[World War II]] by the US [[Rail transport|railroad industry]] to monitor the health of l By 1955 OA had matured to the point that the United States [[Bureau of Naval Weapons]] began a major research program to adopt wear metal analysis for use in ai

...]]s and fluorescent material for [[fluorescent light]]s during [[World War II]] caused the production of beryllium to soar. ...from mines and smelters in the [[United States of America]]. By 2008, the world's production of beryllium had decreased somewhat, to about 200 tonnes, of w

...e]]''/</ref> By that time Hassoun had already been charged with perjury, a weapons offense, and other offenses. ...s sharing common ideals and tactics, "with which the United States is at [[war]]";

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