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• List of basil cultivars
  | date=1990 ...''Dwarf bush basil''. More practically, the fragrance of the basil varies due to the varying types and quantities of essential oils contained in the plan
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• Fallout shelter
  ...latimes/access/481553932.html?FMT=AI&FMTS=::ABS:AI:CITE:PAGE&type=historic&date=Dec+03%2C+1961&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Businessman+Appointed+to+ {{Original research|table|date=March 2010}}
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• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  ...the U.S. Army's oldest logistics branch, established 16 June 1775. On that date the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution providing for "one Quar ...h suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit in the war due to a [[SCUD]] [[Missile]] attack on February 25, 1991.
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  |date=October 23, 1983 |perps=Attributed to Imad Mughniyah{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}}}
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  ...for this class of ships and contradicts the more likely 20 September 1946 date given by the United States Coast Guard Historian's Office at http://www.usc ...for this class of ships and contradicts the more likely 20 September 1946 date given by the United States Coast Guard Historian's Office at http://www.usc
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• BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10)
  ...on]] long-range anti-ship [[cruise missile]], but this did not materialize due to the worsening political and economic crisis in the Philippines in the mi ...ndres Bonifacio (PF-7)|BRP ''Andres Bonifacio'' (PF-7)]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...0_mk9.htm | work = Naval Weapons of the World | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 15 August 2008 | accessdate = 22 April 2009 }}</ref><!-- calibers --><ref ...eaming generally south on 29 April 1918, she sighted a sail bearing almost due west whose hull was down below the horizon. By the time the destroyer had s
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• USS Big Horn (AO-45)
  which date USS ''Big Horn'' put in again at the Navy Yard, Boston, ...m Trinidad was begun by ''Big Horn'' on 1 November 1942, to a point nearly due north of [[Paramaribo]], where the vessel left the convoy and proceeded on
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• Sugar beet
  ...ot plant, [[chard]] and fodder beet, all descended by cultivation{{Clarify|date=February 2010}} from the [[sea beet]]. ...wn (to Americans) as the sugar beet capital of the world.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} Sebewaing lies in the Thumb region of Michigan; both the re
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• Soap
  ...no such place, and no evidence for the apocryphal story.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} In fact, the Latin word ''sapo'' simply means "soap"; it wa ...rt S Hall|title=A History of Greek Fire and Gun Powder|publisher=JHU Press|date=1999|pages=307|isbn=0801859549}}</ref>
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...le base from which it could be fired without unlimbering.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} {{Refimprovesect|date=October 2008}}
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• Wood gas generator
  ...tent, but was substantially cheaper to make than town gas was to purchase, due to its generation by partial combustion of coke, a byproduct of coal, rathe ...was the law of the land, as all petroleum was diverted to the war effort. Due to the lack of gasoline from petroleum, older people recalled how to build
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• AK-630
  ...roved to be successful, the AK-630M1-2 Roy was not accepted for production due to the maturity of a combined missile and gun system, then designated the 3 | date = 2009
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• AT4
  ...h signature that enabled it to be fired from enclosed spaces, was rejected due to higher cost and lack of effective range against moving targets.</ref> Due to the urban combat conditions that US military forces in the last several
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• Armstrong Gun
  ...er Armstrong gun|40-pounder]] and [[RBL 7 inch Armstrong gun|110-pounder]] due to the size) ...The Gun - Rifled Ordnance: Whitworth | work = The Gun | publisher = | date = | url = http://riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/gun/rifled2.htm | format = | doi
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• Brimstone missile
  {{Lead too short|date=September 2009}} ...GR4]] in September 2000. Clearance of the missile was delayed by 12 months due to the unavailability of a Tornado trials aircraft, as the RAF chose instea
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• ERYX
  ...bility in the [[anti aircraft]] role to bring down low flying helicopters, due to its [[wire guided]] system. ...://www.thefreelibrary.com/Anti-tank+guided+missile+developments.-a09046203|date=1990-04-01|ISSN=0252-9793}}</ref> It entered service in 1994.
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• Yak-B 12.7mm machine gun
  ...ger caliber flexible [[GSh-23L]] in the late mark of the Mi-24 helicopters due to not doing enough damage to dug-in or lightly armored targets that didn't | date = 2009
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• Williams Gun
  {{Unreferenced|date=August 2009}} {{Cleanup|date=August 2009}}
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• Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23
  Due to unavailability of Il-2, the first airborne testing was performed using a ...|| HE incendiary round with a K-20 or DV nose fuze and a reduced HE charge due to the space taken by the tracer.
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• 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 gun
  ...sh-fornv/greece/grksh-hl/lemnos.htm | publisher = Naval Historical Center| date = 27 March 2001 | accessdate = 17 November 2009 }}</ref> ...pecial-Forces/Coastal-Defence-Forces-Brazil.html | publisher = janes.com | date = 13 August 2008 | accessdate = 13 February 2009 }}</ref> In Greek service
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• 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
  ...//www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 7 February 2008 | accessdate = 7 January 2009 }}</ref> ...bsp;degrees; turrets one and three could depress to −2&nbsp;degrees, but due to its [[superfire|superfiring]] position, the guns on turret two could onl
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• 28 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  {{morefootnotes|date=March 2009}} ...tp://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNNeth_11-545.htm| publisher = Navweaps.com| date = 09 October 2006| accessdate = 29 March 2009}}</ref>
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• 14"/45 caliber gun
  ...//www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_14-45_mk1.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 2008-03-27 | accessdate = 2008-10-09 }}</ref> ...www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_14-45_mk10.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 2008-03-27 | accessdate = 2008-10-09 }}</ref>
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  ...main armament of the [[Iowa class battleship|''Iowa''-class battleships]]. Due to its power it is regarded by many as one of the most effective [[naval ar | date = 2007-09-17}}</ref>
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• 2A28 Grom
  ...hallenger 2]] or the German [[Leopard 2]] but it has been claimed {{by who|date=August 2009}} that it can penetrate the side armor of these tanks in some a ...range is {{convert|1300|m|yd}}, reduced to {{convert|400|m|yd}} at night, due to the limitations of the night vision system. Under battlefield conditions
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  ...during the Falklands War, being forced to cease fire on several occasions due to faults.<ref>[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_45-55_mk8.htm Navweaps ...57|title=Royal Navy Prepares to Roll out the Big Guns|publisher=Royal Navy|date=2008-08-28}}</ref>
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  ...RDNANCE, NAVPERS 10797-A |publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel |date =1957 edition |location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref> On pedestal and other ...RDNANCE, NAVPERS 10797-A |publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel |date =1957 edition |location =Washington 25, D.C. |quote=Approximately 27 men ar
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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun
  |date= 1916 ...ated, and with the end of the war the urgency seemed to leave the project. Due to this the prototype was not ready for test firing until 20 May 1920.
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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/32 anti aircraft gun
  |date= 1932 ...a result. The batteries and the guns were abandoned when Oslo surrendered due to the threat of German bombing of civilians.
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• Ak 5
  {{Refimprove|date=February 2010}} Due to the smaller dimensions of the carbine, the Ak 5D is especially suited fo
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• Autocannon
  ...tempts at rapid-firing weapons in general failed to reach widespread usage due to lack of interest as well as technological limitations, such as the diffi {{Citations needed|date=September 2009}}
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• BL 12 inch Mk XI – XII naval gun
  |date= ...ms such as bore erosion, which led to short barrel life, and poor accuracy due to inconsistent cordite propellant burning, meant the gun was not entirely
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• BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun
  ...ismarck|''Bismarck'']] in the [[Battle of the Denmark Strait]] (1941), or due to crew fatigue resulting from the prolonged nature of the engagement, as w * Date of design - 1937
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• BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun
  |date= ...ch Mk XI naval gun|Mk XI gun]] which had proved unwieldy in light cruisers due to its length, and was Britain's most modern 6-inch naval gun when [[World
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• Bofors
  ...its reputation in Sweden due to various suspect affairs,{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} the most scandalous being the [[Bofors scandal|alleged but never
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• Bofors 40 mm
  {{Refimprove|date=May 2009}} {{globalize/Eng|date=January 2009}}
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• Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development
  ...from a ship, ironically [[HMS Persil|HMS ''Persil'']], which scheme failed due to the actions of wind and tide but did produce some confusion when the coa ...onforts.org.uk/pdf/brean.pdf|title=Brean Down Fort|last=Moore |first=David|date=2000-12-24|publisher=Palmeston Forts Society|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-05-
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• Somerset cannon
  {{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}} ...}} and {{HMS|Enterprise|1864|6}}, but its performance was so poor, largely due to difficulties in controlling the gun, that it was withdrawn from service.
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  ...to be extremely unreliable and suffered a considerable number of misfires due to the round being "lightly struck" by the [[firing pin]]. The British were In the post-war era the HS.404 disappeared fairly quickly due to the introduction of [[revolver cannon]] based on the German [[Mauser MG
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• M197 Gatling gun
  {{nofootnotes|date=June 2008}} ...r round fired by M168 AA gun, self-destruct after 3 to 7 seconds of flight due to tracer burn-through.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...pons in Focus - The M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun |publisher=Skylighters.org |date= |accessdate=2008-09-08}}</ref> The M2HB was not widely used in the Pacific campaign, due to several factors, including weight, the inherent nature of infantry jungl
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• M4 cannon
  {{Refimprove|date=February 2010}} ...sp;in) antiaircraft gun, M1A2, but different cartridge cases are necessary due to the larger chamber of the M4 gun.
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• MK 108 cannon
  {{Refimprove|date=June 2008}} ...ngst Allied aircrews, amongst whom the cannon gained a fearsome reputation due to its destructive power.
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• Mark 14 torpedo
  ...error.<ref name="Blair, p.62"/> How this made sense, when she was shortly due for the scrapyard,<ref>Fitzsimons, Volume 5, p.542, "''Cassin''".</ref> is ...o scandal of the US Pacific Fleet Submarine Force during [[World War II]]. Due to inadequate depression-era peacetime testing of this torpedo and its Mark
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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  {{Refimprove|date=April 2009}} {{Cleanup|date=October 2009}}
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  {{nofootnotes|date=May 2008}} ...half of 1939 a contract for 1,500 guns was placed in Switzerland. However, due to delays and then later the [[Fall of France]] in June 1940 only 109 guns
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• Phalanx CIWS
  ...?cid=2100&tid=800&ct=2 |title=The US Navy - Fact File |publisher=Navy.mil |date=2009-11-09 |accessdate=2010-04-13}}</ref> ...e=USA 20 mm Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) |publisher=Navweaps.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-13}}</ref>
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• QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun
  ...ht the battleships Constitucion and Libertad under construction for Chile, due to fears that they would eventually be acquired by Russia. They each carrie {{Expand section|date=May 2008}}
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• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV
  ...Thirty-three 60 pounders were available. Counter-battery fire again failed due to the inaccuracy of the worn-out guns and also because the army still lack {{Expand-section|date=August 2008}}
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