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• Lists of places by eponym
  These are '''lists of places by eponym''', i.e. lists grouping places named after the same person ([[eponym]]). *[[List of places named for John C. Calhoun|John C. Calhoun]]
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• Lists of diseases
  The '''lists of [[disease]]s''' are compiled from various [[public domain]] sources. * List of [[Autoimmune disorder]]s
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• Lists of former Guantanamo Bay detainees alleged to have returned to terrorism
  ...of [[Joint Task Force Guantanamo]] (JTF-GTMO) which has occupied a portion of the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|base at Guantanamo ...ranch]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] of being [[al-Qaeda]] and [[Taliban]] operatives, as well as those no longer c
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• GNU Free Documentation License
  ...text-align:center; margin-bottom:1.5em;">''The following is the plain text of the GFDL. See [[:wikipedia:en:GNU Free Documentation License|"GNU Free Docu Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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• List of basil cultivars
  ...and [[shrub]]s native to Africa and other tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New World.<ref name="hsa">{{cite web | title=Basil: An Herb Society of America Guide
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...p=Note>''Conway's'' (p. 123) lists eight torpedo tubes; the ''[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/p ...o [[World War I]]. The ship was the second U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of both [[David Porter (naval officer)|David Porter]] and his son [[David Dixo
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• Sugar beet
  ...enopodiaceae'' family, is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of [[sucrose]]. It is grown commercially for [[sugar]] production. The sugar comes from the bulb of the beetroot plant, [[chard]] and fodder beet, all descended by cultivation
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• ADEN cannon
  ...a 30 mm [[cannon]] used on many [[military aircraft]], particularly those of the British [[Royal Air Force]] and [[Fleet Air Arm]]. ...and subsequently used on every British gun-armed aircraft until the advent of the [[Panavia Tornado]] in the 1980s.
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• 12"/50 caliber gun (Argentina)
  |caption=a main gun of the battleship [[ARA Moreno]] during its construction, sometime between 191 ...e main armament for the [[Argentine Navy]]’s dreadnought [[battleship]]s of the ''[[Rivadavia class battleship|Rivadavia]]'' class.
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• 20 mm Becker
  ...mass produced in [[1916 in aviation|1916]] and was installed in a variety of aircraft; the only German autocannon to actually see service in the air dur ...in a [[Gotha G.I]], but proved unsatisfactory. Despite this, the potential of the gun was such that the arsenal at [[Spandau]] was engaged to help develo
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• Afanasev Makarov AM-23
  ...23''' is a Russian designed aircraft cannon that has been used in a number of planes in the [[Soviet Air Force]]. ...in honour of its designers it received the name AM-23. The [[GRAU]] index of the new defensive turret cannon was 9-A-036.
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• BK 37
  ...mb|right| A Junkers Ju 87 Stuka with twin BK 37s attached to the underside of the wings.]] ...R1-3, and others. The cannon could be attached under the wings or fuselage of the aircraft as a self-contained [[pod]] with a 12-round [[magazine]]. It f
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• Berezin B-20
  ...lighter (25 kg (55 lb) vs ShVAK's 40 kg (80 lb)) without sacrificing rate of fire or muzzle velocity. * '''Rate of fire:''' 800 rounds/min
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• COW 37 mm gun
  |part_length=bore of {{convert|75|in|m}}<ref name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page27/> ...and Engineering Company|Fairfield]]) in order to compete with the duopoly of [[Vickers]] and [[Armstrong-Whitworth]] in producing naval guns.
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• Colt Mk 12 cannon
  |caption= A pair of Mk 12 cannons in the forward fuselage of a [[Chance-Vought]] [[F-8 Crusader]]. ...charge for better [[muzzle velocity]] and higher rate of fire at the cost of hitting power. It entered U.S. Navy and [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. M
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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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• GAU-12 Equalizer
  ...stem. Its rate of fire is normally 3,600 rounds per minute, with a maximum of 4,200 rounds per minute. ...s of ammunition in the starboard pod, fed through a bridge at the aft ends of the pods that also contains the drive system for the gun. The complete inst
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• GAU-13
  ...e the GAU-8, however, it is pneumatically driven, giving it a rate of fire of 2,400 rounds per minute. Minimum time between stoppages is estimated at 32, ...eted uranium]] penetrator) as the Avenger. Despite its somewhat lower rate of fire compared to the seven-barreled Avenger, it is an immensely powerful we
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• GAU-7 cannon
  ...leviated the problems of either storing or ejecting spent cartridges, both of which present considerable problems for jet aircraft. Despite great expend {{Aviation lists}}
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• GAU-8 Avenger
  ...GAU-8/A Avenger's barrel and breech assembly<br>(ammunition drum off edge of photo). ...nti-tank]] role, the Avenger delivers a very powerful round at a high rate of fire.
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• GIAT 30
  The '''[[GIAT Industries|GIAT]] 30''' is a series of [[30 mm]] cannon developed to replace the [[DEFA cannon|DEFA 550 series]] w ...perated, rather than [[gas operated]], improving both reliability and rate of fire.
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23
  |image=[[Image:IŁ-102 NTW 3 95 4.jpg|300px|GSh-23 in the tail of an Il-102.]] ...on needed|date=November 2009}} in the former [[Soviet Union]] on a variety of weapons.
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-301
  ...] or [[Gatling gun]], with the Russians feeling that the reduction in rate of fire is compensated by reduced mass and bulk. ...gases following the bolt into the dud 30mm round ignite the powder charge of that round and firing continues.
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23
  ...rotary cannon, a significant advantage in aerial combat, where the window of opportunity to place multiple rounds on target can be vanishingly short. ...the [[MiG-31]](800 rounds maximum) aircraft, for example, with 260 rounds of ammunition, would empty its magazine in less than two seconds.
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  |used_by=United Kingdom, [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] & [[United States]] ...ervices. Firing a [[20 mm caliber]] projectile, it delivered a useful load of explosive from a relatively light weapon. This made it an ideal aircraft we
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2
  ...lizing the [[Gast principle]], like the [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L]]. Rate of fire is about 3,000 rounds per minute. The weapon is designed to be rugged ...nbsp;mm long water-cooled barrels, a variable rate of fire, and dimensions of 2944 x 222 x 195&nbsp;mm. It is used on a fixed mounting on late model [[Mi
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30
  ...a [[Russia]]n 30 mm [[cannon]] used by [[Soviet]] and later [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] [[military aircraft]]. ...as-operated rather than electric, allowing it to "spin up" to maximum rate of fire more quickly, allowing more rounds to be placed on target in a short-d
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• List of naval anti-aircraft guns
  ! width=24% | Country of origin | 25 mm || [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun]] || {{flag|Empire of Japan}} || World War II
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• M197 Gatling gun
  ...barrels]] instead of six. Its maximum [[rate of fire]] is one quarter that of the Vulcan, largely to limit its [[recoil]] for light aircraft and helicopt ...ity)|battery]] and electric drive [[Electric motor|motor]], and 300 rounds of linkless ammunition.
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• M230 Chain Gun
  |used_by= [[United States of America]], and other countries ...trically operated [[chain gun]], a weapon that uses external power instead of recoil to load its rounds.
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• M39 cannon
  [[File:Cannon M39A2.png|thumb|M39 cannon in the nose of a Brazilian F-5]] ...the [[United States Air Force]] in the late 1940s. It was used on a number of [[fighter aircraft]] from the early 1950s through the 1980s.
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...rate. The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of [[United States]] military [[fixed-wing aircraft]] for fifty years. The M61 ...concerns. The Army wanted something better, combining extremely high rate of fire with exceptional reliability.
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• MG 151 cannon
  ...s, fighter bombers, night fighters, ground attack and even bombers as part of or as their main armament during [[World War II]]. ...on-based approach was not without its drawbacks. The relatively short case of the 20&nbsp;mm round, coupled with the larger and heavier 20&nbsp;mm projec
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• MK 108 cannon
  ...rwise excellent 20&nbsp;mm [[MG 151 cannon|MG 151/20]] required an average of 25 hits to down a B-17. ...MK 108 was quickly ordered into production and was installed in a variety of ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' [[fighter aircraft]]. It saw first operational service in
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• Mauser BK-27
  ...[autocannon]] manufactured by [[Mauser]] (a subsidiary of [[Rheinmetall]]) of [[Germany]]. It was developed in the late 1960s for the MRCA (Multi-Role Co ...cannon firing a new series of 27x145 mm projectiles with a typical weight of 260 g (9.2 oz). It uses a linked feed system, but a '''BK 27 Linkless''', w
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• Mauser MG 213
  ...nciples formed the basis for several post-war developments by the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]]. A [[30 mm caliber|30 mm]] version was developed as t {{Aviation lists}}
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
  |caption= NR-23 cannons in tail barbette of the [[Ilyushin Il-28|Il-28]] bomber. ...r NR-23''' is a [[Soviet]] [[cannon]] widely used in [[military aircraft]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. It was designed by [[A. E. Nudelm
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• Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30
  ...NR-30''' was a [[Soviet]] [[cannon]] widely used in [[military aircraft]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. It was designed by [[A.E. Nudelma ...ith a relatively low initial velocity, while the 37 mm was lacking in rate of fire and ammunition reserve.
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• Nudelman-Suranov NS-37
  ...liable Shpitalny Sh-37 gun. Large caliber was planned to allow destruction of both ground targets (including armoured ones) and planes (ability to shoot ...-3]] and [[Yakovlev Yak-9|Yak-9T]] fighter planes (mounted between the vee of the engine) and [[Ilyushin Il-2|Il-2]] ground attack planes (in the underwi
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• Nudelman N-37
  ...ering service in 1946. It was 30% lighter than its predecessor at the cost of a 23% lower [[muzzle velocity]]. ...[[fighter aircraft]], as was finding space for the gun and a useful amount of [[ammunition]], but a single shell was often sufficient to destroy a [[bomb
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• Oerlikon FF
  ...German]] term ''Flügel Fest'', meaning ''wing mounted, fixed'', being one of the first 20 mm guns to be small and light enough to fit into a [[fighter a ...rounds per minute. The gun weighed only 24 kg. The low muzzle velocity was of some concern, so additional developments led to the 30 kg '''FF L''' using
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• Rikhter R-23
  ...ever, a feed mechanism that chambered the rounds base-first from the front of the weapon required a cartridge completely different from the usual design. ...ft. The DK-20 turret weighs 593kg including the R-23 cannon and 500 rounds of ammunition.
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• ShVAK cannon
  [[Image:Shvak1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Photograph of the cannon]] The '''TNSh''' was a version of this gun for tanks ({{lang-ru |ТНШ: ''Tankovyi Nudel’man-Shpitalnyi''}
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• Type 99 cannon
  The '''Type 99-1 cannon''' and '''Type 99-2 cannon''' were Japanese versions of the [[Oerlikon FF]] and [[Oerlikon FFL]]. They were adopted by the [[Imperi ...Zero'', Motorbooks USA 1994.</ref> Their attention was drawn to the family of aircraft autocannon manufactured by Oerlikon, the FF, FFL and FFS. These al
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• Hydroelectric
  ...l 2006.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The [[Three Gorges Dam]] in China, the [[List of the largest hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power stati ...approximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewable sources.<ref name="REN21-2006">[http://www.ren21
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• List of ibuprofen brand names
  This table lists the various brand names under which the [[non-steroidal anti-inflammatory d | '''[[Advil]]''' || Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Hungary, [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], Netherlands, Philippines, Turkey, USA, Israel, Colom
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• Activated carbon
  ...cal reaction]]s.<ref>[http://www.activated-carbon.com/1-3.html "Properties of Activated Carbon", CPL Caron Link, accessed 2008-05-02]</ref> ...though further chemical treatment often enhances the absorbing properties of the material. Activated carbon is usually derived from [[charcoal]].
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• List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines
  ...''List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines''' is a model list of [[essential medicines]] created by the [[World Health Organization]]. | title=WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, 15th edition (March 2007)
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• Essential medicines
  :''For the list of WHO essential medicines, see [[List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines]] ...tion]] are "those drugs that satisfy the health care needs of the majority of the population; they should therefore be available at all times in adequate
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• Suramin
  ...a [[medication|drug]] developed by [[Oskar Dressel]] and [[Richard Kothe]] of [[Bayer]], [[Germany]] in 1916, and is still sold by Bayer under the [[bran ...g to the National Cancer Institute there are no active clinical trials (as of April 1, 2008). Completed and closed clinical trials are listed here: [http
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• Acetic acid
  ...reagent|chemical reagent]] and industrial chemical, used in the production of [[polyethylene terephthalate]] mainly used in soft drink bottles; [[cellulo ...mand of acetic acid is around 6.5&nbsp;million [[tonne]]s per year (Mt/a), of which approximately 1.5&nbsp;Mt/a is met by recycling; the remainder is man
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• Azathioprine
  ...rine is used in [[organ transplant]]ation and [[autoimmune disease]]. Some of the autoimmune diseases are [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[pemphigus]], [[Infl ...ncluding T-cells and B-cells, are particularly affected by the inhibition of purine synthesis.
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• Diazepam
  ...09F.SGM}}</ref> The pharmacological action of diazepam enhances the effect of the neurotransmitter GABA by binding to the benzodiazepine site on the [[GA ...s-2008"/> Diazepam also has abuse potential and can cause serious problems of addiction. Urgent action by National Governments to improve prescribing pra
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