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  • |Ship out of service= ...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided
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  • |Ship namesake=[[Barataria Bay]], also "Barrataria Bay", on the coast of [[Louisiana]] |Ship out of service=
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  • |Ship out of service= ...{sclass|Chimo|minelayer}} in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]].
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  • ...cannon aboard the battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB 38)]] during World War II |wars= World War II
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  • |caption=a main gun of the battleship [[ARA Moreno]] during its construction, sometime between 191 |wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]]
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  • ...{{Sclass|Iowa|battleship}} {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} fires a full [[broadside]] of her 16"/50 Mark 7 guns. |wars=[[World War II]]<br>[[Korean War]]<br>[[Vietnam War]]<br>[[Gulf War]]
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  • |wars=[[Second World War]] <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |caption=61-K in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum. |used_by={{flag|Soviet Union}}, <br>{{flag|People's Republic of China}}, <br>{{flag|North Vietnam}}, <br>{{flag|Cambodia}}
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  • ...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 |wars= [[World War I]] [[World War II]]
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  • |wars= [[World War II]] <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who b <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • ...rrel & breech<br> Mk II - V 45 tons<ref name=Gunnery1887TableXVI>Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. Table XVI, Pages 312 - 313</ref><br>Mk VI, VII : 46 tons ...t|303|in|m|sigfig=4}} bore (25.25 calibres)<ref name=Gunnery1902>Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII, Page 336</ref>
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  • The '''BL 14 inch mk VII naval gun''' was designed for the ships of the [[Royal Navy]] in the late 1930s. This gun armed the [[King George V cl ...ip|''Nelson'' class battleships]], the British reverted to the combination of lower velocities and (relatively) heavier shells in this weapon.
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  • |caption=An animation representing the loading cycle of the Mark I turret for the BL 15 inch Mark I. <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |caption=Guns of HMS Rodney at maximum elevation, 1940 <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • | wars = [[World War I]] <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |wars= [[World War I]] [[World War II]] |variants=Mk I, Mk II
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  • |wars= [[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |used_by={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • <!-- Artillery specifications --> ...rpedo boat]] gun in smaller ships whose decks could not support the strain of the heavier and more powerful [[BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VII|Mk VII]] gun<ref
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  • ...f [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London |length= {{convert|6.985|m|in}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])
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  • |caption=On Mk II carriage, Reninghelst, [[Flanders]], 15 June 1916 |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • ...asemate gun on [[HMS Warspite (1913)|HMS ''Warspite'']] after the [[Battle of Jutland]] |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]]
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  • |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]] ...50-calibre guns found their way into temporary British service in [[World War I]] and are also included here.
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  • |name= Ordnance BL 6 inch gun Mks II, III, IV, VI ...IV gun on [[disappearing gun|disappearing carriage]] at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence|Lei Yue Mun Fort]], Hong Kong
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  • |name= Ordnance BL 7.5 inch gun Mk II - Mk V |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]
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  • ...has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] |used_by=[[Royal Garrison Artillery, Royal Artillery from 1922]]
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  • |wars=[[World War I]] ...ns barrel & breech;<br>Mk V - VII : 22 tons<ref name=Gunnery1902>Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII Page 336</ref>
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  • ...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 ...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]]
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  • ...cessful [[2 cm FlaK 30]] series of guns used by [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. ...gn firms, often owning them outright, in an effort to circumvent the terms of the [[Versailles Treaty]].
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  • ...ref> In the late 1930s the Royal Navy began to investigate the possibility of combining [[gyroscopes]] with optical sights to directly and accurately mea ...vement across the line of sight. This force was measured by the deflection of a spring loaded device and the deflection measurement was combined with ran
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  • {{redirect|M242|the Israeli Jeep derivative|AIL Storm#Storm II}} ...lt and has dual-feed capability. The term "chain gun" derives from the use of a roller chain that drives the bolt back and forth.
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  • ...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
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  • |wars= World War II <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |wars= [[World War II]] <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |variants=Mk I Mk II <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • ...director crew would aim at the target aircraft and, in the early versions of the director, cause Layer ( Altitude ) and Trainer ( Azimuth ) Pointers to ...e on these ships to site a Pom-Pom Director.<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WW2''</ref>
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  • ...er Rebellion]]<br>[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] ...convert|1|lb|15|oz|kg|abbr=on}} cordite Mk I size 15 propellant (Text Book of Gunnery 1902); {{convert|2258|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}} in British service in WWI
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  • |caption=On roof of [[BL 7.5 inch Mk II - V naval gun|BL 7.5 inch gun]] turret for [[HMS Shannon (1906)|HMS ''Shann |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • ...ackground.<br>Photo courtesy of the '''[http://www.cerberus.com.au Friends of the Cerberus]''' |wars=[[World War I]]
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  • |name= QF 1 pdr Mark I & II ("pom-pom") |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London
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  • {{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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  • |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]]
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  • <!-- 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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  • |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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  • |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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  • |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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  • |wars=[[World War II]] <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |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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