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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  |image=Beirutbarr.jpg|300px|caption=A smoke cloud rises from the rubble of the bombed barracks at Beirut International Airport. ...0|N|35|29|17|E|type:landmark|name=DrakkarBarracks}}<br/>'Drakkar' barracks of French [[''1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes'']], Ramlet al Baida, B
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• USS Dale W. Peterson (DE-337)
  |Ship out of service= ...d States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for his actions during the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]].
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• USS Willis (DE-395)
  |Ship out of service= ...head-on into a war, for they arrived almost simultaneously with the start of the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor. In the ensuing aerial melee, Willis
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  |Ship out of service= ...er air attack on 26 November, ''Frederick C. Davis'' splashed at least two of the enemy aircraft.
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• USS Flaherty (DE-135)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship honours=4 [[battle stars]] plus a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Un
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship honours=3 Battle stars for [[World War II]] and [[Navy Unit Commendation]]
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• USS Snowden (DE-246)
  |Ship out of service= 23 September 1968 ..., [[USNR]], in command. At war's end, she returned home proudly with three battle stars.
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• USS Ricketts (DE-254)
  |Ship out of service= ...Texas]]; launched 10 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Milton E. Ricketts, widow of ''Lieutenant Ricketts''; and commissioned 5 October 1943 at Houston, Lt. Co
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• USS Sellstrom (DE-255)
  |Ship out of service= ...exas]]; launched on 12 May 1943; sponsored by Miss Genevieve Dahl, fiancé of ''Ensign Sellstrom''; and commissioned on 12 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. Willi
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  |Ship out of service= ...exas]]; launched 31 August 1943; sponsored by Miss Betty Kretchmer, sister of ''Ens. Kretchmer''; and commissioned 13 December 1943, Lt. R. C. Wing, in c
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• USS Strickland (DE-333)
  |Ship out of service= ...nvoy]]s. Post-war, she served the U.S. Navy in other tasks, including that of a [[radar picket]] ship.
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• USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336)
  |Ship out of service= ...[[convoys]]. Post-war, she provided [[radar picket]] duty services as part of the [[Distant Early Warning Line]].
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• USS Martin H. Ray (DE-338)
  |Ship out of service= ...exas]]; launched 23 December 1943; sponsored by Mrs. M. H. Ray, Jr., widow of ''Lt. Ray'', and commissioned 28 February 1944, Lt. H. V. Tucker, Jr., in c
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• USS Ramsden (DE-382)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship out of service=
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• USS Mills (DE-383)
  |Ship out of service= ...]. Post-war, she performed additional duties for the Navy, including those of a [[radar picket]] ship and a safety and support ship for [[Operation Deep
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• USS Rhodes (DE-384)
  |Ship out of service= ...[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] E. A. Coffin of the [[United States Coast Guard]] in command.
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  |Ship out of service= ...nched on 5 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Corinne M. Wilhoite, the mother of ''Ensign Wilhoite''; and commissioned at Houston on 16 December 1943, Lt. E
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  |Ship out of service= ...ly]] for his actions during the [[Battle of the Aleutian Islands|battles]] of [[Kiska]] and [[Attu]].
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• USS Daniel (DE-335)
  |Ship out of service= ...oism in refusing to leave his gunnery station although wounded during this battle.
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• USS Peterson (DE-152)
  {{For|other ships of the same name|USS Peterson}} |Ship out of service=
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• USS Pillsbury (DE-133)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship honours=5 [[battle stars]] and a [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Uni
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• USS Rockaway (AVP-29)
  |Ship namesake=[[Rockaway Inlet]], on the southwestern coast of [[Long Island]], [[New York]], at the entrance to [[New York Bay]] |Ship out of service=
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• USS Biscayne (AVP-11)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship honors=Six [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service
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• USS Barricade (ACM-3)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship honours= 1 [[battle star]]
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...pons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...the guns were universally known as the ''Acht-acht'' (8-8), a contraction of ''Acht-komma-acht Zentimeter'' (German: "8,8 cm" - comma being used as the
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• AT4
  |wars= <li>[[United States invasion of Panama|U.S. invasion of Panama]]<ref name="amnestysweden">http://www.svenskafreds.se/english/vapene ...). [[Saab]] has had considerable sales success with the AT4, making it one of the most common light [[Anti-tank warfare|anti-tank]] weapons in the world.
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• ERYX
  |origin={{flagcountry|France}} <br> {{flagcountry|Canada}} ...Army - ERYX|publisher=[[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]]}}</ref>, or 2.5 m through [[concrete]])
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• 14"/50 caliber gun
  |part_length= {{convert|700|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibers]]) ...50 caliber guns on {{USS|Tennessee|BB-43}} fire in support of the invasion of Okinawa]]
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• 15 cm SK C/28
  ...t battleships]] and the [[Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier]]. A number of surplus weapons were used as coast-defense guns and eight were adapted to u ...nd lighter version of the [[15 cm SK C/25]] guns used as the main armament of the [[German K class cruiser|K class]] and [[Leipzig class cruiser]]s. It s
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• 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  |caption=38 cm turret of Batterie Vara, Kristiansand, Norway ...e guns were used as [[coastal artillery]] in [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] and [[France]]. One gun is currently on display at [[Hanstholm fortress|Hanstholm]].
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• Autocannon
  ...il2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...on MLG27.jpg|thumb|An [[Mauser BK-27|MLG 27]] remote controlled autocannon of the [[German Navy]]]]
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• BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
  |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] ...tandard loading in WWI. The original loading was {{convert|20|lb|abbr=on}} of the more powerful cordite Mk I size 20, but Mk I caused greater wear</ref>.
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I – VII
  ...ns barrel & breech;<br>Mk V - VII : 22 tons<ref name=Gunnery1902>Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII Page 336</ref> ...Gunnery 1902. 175 lb brown powder is quoted for the Mk V gun in Text Book of Gunnery 1887.</ref>
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• Bofors 37 mm
  ...by some European armies during [[World War II]], mainly at the early stage of the war. The [[Gun barrel|barrel]] was of monobloc type, with semi-automatic vertical sliding [[breech block]] and sm
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...gned ''Stiffkey Sight'', being operated by the aimer standing to the right of the loader (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights ...raft systems 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
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• Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929
  ...rld War II]]. It was used on the large destroyers (''contre-torpilleurs'') of the [[Fantasque class destroyer|''Fantasque'']] and [[Mogador class destroy ...n de 138 mm Modèle 1927|Modèle 1927]]. It used the semi-automatic action of the older gun as well as its horizontal sliding block breech. It had an [[A
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• DEFA cannon
  |image= [[File:Canon DEFA MG 1359.jpg|300px|DEFA cannon of a [[Mirage III]] in twin mount.]] |caption= DEFA cannon of a [[Mirage III]] in twin mount.
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• Dahlgren gun
  ...g propellant gases needed to be met to keep the gun from bursting. Because of their rounded contours, Dahlgren guns were nicknamed "soda bottles", a shap ...ield carriage and back. In naval service the boat howitzers had gun crews of 10 in the boat and 11 ashore.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...lklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Po ...Gun''', or "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
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  ...ion=The QF 2 pounder in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel. Note the folded legs of the carriage. ...un on British tanks early in World War II, and was a typical main armament of [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]]s such as the [[Daimler Armoured Car
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  |used_by=[[Image:Flag of Transvaal.svg|22px]][[South African Republic]]<br>[[British Empire]]<br>{{f |cartridge= 37 x 94R. {{convert|1|lb|abbr=on}} [[List of British ordnance terms#Common Shell|Common Shell]]
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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]] ...ain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]<br>{{flagicon|South Africa|1912}} [[Union of South Africa]]<br>{{AUS}}
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• James Louis Garvin
  ...ther, Michael, became a teacher; his status as the family's primary source of income led them to move, first in 1884 to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], then ...r and father-figure. Yet Garvin yearned for a larger stage, and by the end of the decade he became a regular (though anonymous) contributor to the ''[[Fo
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• Aramid
  ...chain molecules are highly oriented along the fiber axis, so the strength of the [[chemical bond]] can be exploited. ...roup (China) under the trade name [[X-Fiper]], a variant of meta-aramid in France by Kermel under the tradename Kermel.
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• Bitumen
  ..., sticky, entirely soluble in [[carbon disulfide]], and composed primarily of highly condensed [[polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon]]s. Naturally occurring or '''crude bitumen''' is a sticky, [[tar]]-like form of [[petroleum]] that is so thick and heavy that it must be heated or diluted
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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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• Bamboo
  |diversity_link = Taxonomy of the Bambuseae See the full '''[[Taxonomy of the Bambuseae]]'''.}}
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• Wildfire
  ...ropagation|propagation]], the combustible material present, and the effect of weather on the fire.<ref name=UToronto /> ...cial effects on wilderness areas. Some plant species depend on the effects of fire for growth and reproduction,<ref name=NOVA /> although large wildfires
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• List of foods named after people
  This is a list of '''[[food]] items named after people'''. :For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[eponym]].
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• List of eponyms of airports
  This is a '''list of eponyms of airports''', including the name of the [[airport]], the location and the person after whom the airport is name ...[[Semarang]] || [[Indonesia]] || [[Achmad Yani]], a revolutionist hero of Indonesia
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