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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  |Ship out of service= ...s Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  |Ship out of service= .... Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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• AT4
  {{About|the unguided anti-tank weapon|the Russian guided anti-tank missile|AT-4 Spigot}} ...an AT-4 produces a large back blast, a significant problem when operating the weapon in urban environments.
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• MBT LAW
  The '''Main Battle Tank and Light Armour Weapon''' ('''MBT LAW''') is a disposa ...its main rocket ignition occurs which propels to rocket from there on, to the target.
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• Vickers 10 inch /45 naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...ss]] and [[Satsuma class battleship|''Satsuma'' class]] [[battleships]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].
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• Vickers S
  ...to arm [[United Kingdom|British]] aircraft for attacking ground targets in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. ...=William Kimber |location=London |date=1972 |isbn=7183-0362-8 |chapter=10, The 40mm Guns
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• Vickers Vigilant
  ...om]], [[Finland]], [[Kuwait]], [[Dubai]], [[Switzerland]], [[United States of America]] ...my]]. It was licence-built for the [[US Marine Corps]] as '''Clevite''' in the [[USA]].
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• 14"/45 caliber gun
  ...re taken on top of one of the dual 14"/45 [[caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] gun turrets, 1918. |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|210|in|m}} bore (70 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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• 4"/50 caliber gun
  ...fired the [[first American shots fired in World War II|first American shot of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 194 |used_by=<small>{{flagicon|United States|size=22px}} United States<br>{{UK}}<br>{{flagicon|Canada|size=22px}} Canada
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  <!-- Many sources quote 114mm as the calibre but it is in fact 113, please do not change -->{{Infobox Weapon ...8 Mod 1 naval gun on [[HMS Northumberland (F238)|HMS ''Northumberland'']]. The multi-faceted gunhouse is designed to reduce [[radar cross section]].
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• 4.7 inch QF Mark XII
  ...Royal Navy, 1930-2000: innovation and defence'', p19-41:, Pugh, ''Managing the aerial threat''. </ref> [http://www.hnsa.org/doc/br224/img/dia1.jpg Illustration of a 4.7 inch single mount]
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• 68-pounder 95 cwt
  |used_by=[[United Kingdom]] |number=In excess of 2000
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• 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
  |origin= {{Flag|United States}} |used_by={{Flag|United States}}
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• BL 10 inch gun Mk I – IV
  |caption=Mk I coast defence gun, [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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• BL 12 inch naval gun Mk I – VII
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...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
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• BL 12 inch naval gun Mk VIII
  |caption=Crewmen of [[HMS Goliath (1898)|HMS ''Goliath'']] photographed before guns |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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• BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun
  ...gned for the ships of the [[Royal Navy]] in the late 1930s. This gun armed the [[King George V class battleship (1939)|''King George V'' class battleships ...ip|''Nelson'' class battleships]], the British reverted to the combination of lower velocities and (relatively) heavier shells in this weapon.
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• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
  |caption=An animation representing the loading cycle of the Mark I turret for the BL 15 inch Mark I. ...1940s. Five guns were mounted in Singapore in the 1930s. The firing life of a 15 inch gun was approximately 335 full charge firings, after which it had
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• BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun
  |caption=Guns of HMS Rodney at maximum elevation, 1940 ...and used on the [[Nelson class battleship|''Nelson'' class battleships]]. The barrel was 45 [[Caliber (artillery)|calibre]]s long, /45 in shorthand, mea
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• BL 5.5 inch Mark I naval gun
  |caption= One of [[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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• BL 5 inch gun Mk I – V
  |caption=Mk I coast defence gun outside entrance to the [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]] ...aliber as measurement of length|calibres]])<ref name=Gunnery1902>Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII page 336</ref>
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• BL 6 inch 80 pounder gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...added to strengthen the guns. Treatise on Service Ordnance 1893; Text Book of Gunnery 1902</ref>
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• BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun
  ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |rate=8 / minute<ref>8 rounds per minute is the figure given by Vickers. Quoted in [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/brassey/b190
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• BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...}<br>{{navy|Canada}}<br>{{navy|India}}<br>{{navy|Peru}}<br>{{navy|Republic of China}}<br>{{navy|China}}
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• BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI
  ...IV gun on [[disappearing gun|disappearing carriage]] at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence|Lei Yue Mun Fort]], Hong Kong ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk II – V naval gun
  ...n=Turrets for [[HMS Shannon (1906)|HMS ''Shannon'']] under construction at the Vickers Works, Barrow ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk VI naval gun
  |caption=''Hawkins'' class cruisers were the only ships mounting BL 7.5 inch Mk VI guns. ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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• BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |used_by={{navy|United Kingdom}}<br>{{navy|Australia}}
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX – X
  ...mpany|Elswick]] in 1901, on [[Rottnest Island]], Western Australia. It has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I – VII
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...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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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...r (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. ...llies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the '''''Bofors gun'''''.
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• COW 37 mm gun
  |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |part_length=bore of {{convert|75|in|m}}<ref name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page27/>
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• Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
  ...ns">[http://www13.plala.or.jp/aconit/e-nerima_soubi.html "Exhibision (sic) of Equipments".] Retrieved on July 29, 2008.</ref> ...gunner and loader), but may be used by a single operator at a reduced rate of fire.
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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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• EOC 12 inch/45 naval gun
  ...th=Bore {{convert|540|in|m|sigfig=5}} (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]]) The '''EOC 12 inch 45 calibre gun''' were various similar 12-inch naval guns de
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• EOC 14 inch /45 naval gun
  The '''BL 14 inch 45 calibre gun''' were various similar naval guns designed an ...rnment and completed as [[HMS Canada (1913)|HMS ''Canada'']] and served in the Royal Navy in World War I, with its guns designated '''BL 14 inch Mk I'''.
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• Goalkeeper CIWS
  | type = [[Close-in weapon system|Close In Weapons System]] | weight = 6,372&nbsp;kg with 1,190&nbsp;rds of ammunition (above deck), 9,902&nbsp;kg (total).
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• Gyro Rate Unit
  ...urately measure target aircraft speed and direction.<ref>Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935-45, Pout </ref> ==The Gyro Rate Unit==
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• Hedgehog (weapon)
  ...hog_launcher.jpg|right|thumb|Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar with full load of practice bombs, ''circa'' 2002.]] ...ing2.jpg|thumbnail|right|Hedgehog bombs fired from USS Moberly detonate on the ocean floor]]
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
  |caption=HS.404 in the TCM-20 twin anti-aircraft configuration, displayed at the Israeli Air Force Museum. |origin={{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
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• Limbo (weapon)
  |designer= Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment ...vy]] escort ships on a mounting stabilised for pitch and roll from 1955 to the mid&ndash;1980s.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  :''This article is about the .50 caliber M2 machine gun. For the .30-06 M2 machine gun, see [[M1919 Browning machine gun]].'' |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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• Mark 24 Mine
  ...out of a total of 204 fired. The torpedo was also supplied to the [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] forces. ...gan development in December 1941. These later projects later became Office of Scientific Research and Development project 61 (FIDO).
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• Mousetrap (weapon)
  ...ar]] by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]{{Fact|date=October 2008}} and the [[U.S. Coast Guard]].<ref name=uscg> ...er, were [[spigot mortar|spigot]]-launched, placing considerable strain on the launching vessel's [[deck]], whereas Mousetrap was rocket-propelled. As a r
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  |weight=480 kg (without ammunition, including 387 kg of ballast) ..., and widely produced by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] and others. Various models of Oerlikon cannon were used during [[World War II]], and they are still in us
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} <!--SCROLL DOWN IN ORDER TO EDIT THE ARTICLE-->
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• Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
  ...as large, but it initially fired the same [[Lyddite]] and Steel shells as the Hotchkiss.<ref>Treatise on ammunition 10th Edition 1915. War Office, UK. Pa ...0 at [[Vickers]] and by the time production stopped in 1936 a total of 600 weapons had been made.
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• Polsten
  ...uld use a simpler box magazine with 30 rounds. It remained in service into the 1950s. ...one Oerlikon cannon was about [[Pound sterling|£350]], while the cost of the Polsten was between £60 and £70.
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