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  • United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
    |issued_by= [[United States Navy]] ...nvironment. Qualified hospital corpsmen may be assigned the responsibility of independent duty aboard ships and submarines; Fleet Marine Force, Special F
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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. ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]]
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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 Savage (DE-386)
    |Ship out of service= ...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]].
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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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  • USS Porter (DD-59)
    ...& Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm | title = Porter | short = on | accessdate = 23 April 2009 }}</ref><br> |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}}
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  • 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
    [[Image:2001gun88mmwiki.jpg|thumb|88 mm display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, 2001]] ...pons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.
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  • ADEN cannon
    [[File:Quad ADEN 30mm Cannon.jpg|thumb|A quad 30 mm ADEN cannon package from the pictured [[Hawker Hunter]].]] ...30 mm [[cannon]] used on many [[military aircraft]], particularly those of the British [[Royal Air Force]] and [[Fleet Air Arm]].
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  • 12"/50 caliber gun (Argentina)
    |caption=a main gun of the battleship [[ARA Moreno]] during its construction, sometime between 1910 an |wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]]
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  • 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun
    |caption= Battleship armament: 16"/45 caliber guns aboard the battleship [[USS South Dakota (BB-57)]]. |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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  • 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 gun
    |caption=Main guns of the [[French cruiser Colbert (1928)|''Colbert'']] |wars=[[Second World War]]
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  • 12"/50 caliber Mark 8 gun
    |wars=[[World War II]] |service=1944&ndash;1961<ref name=navweaps/><ref>1961 is the year the last remaining ''Alaska''-class ship, ''Guam'', was decommissioned.</ref>
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  • 12.8 cm FlaK 40
    |wars=[[World War II]] |rate of Fire=10 to 12 rounds per minute
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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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  • 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
    ...{{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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  • 2 cm FlaK 30
    |wars=[[Second World War]] ...n light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a variety of models, notably the '''Flakvierling 38''' which combined four FlaK 38's onto a single carriage.
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  • 3"/23 caliber gun
    |caption= Diagram of a 3"/23 Mark 14/Mod 11 gun |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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  • 3"/50 caliber gun
    |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|150|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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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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  • 37mm Gun M1
    |caption=37mm antiaircraft gun in the [[Solomon Islands]]. ...ed in the [[United States]]. It was used by the [[US Army]] in [[World War II]].
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  • 4"/50 caliber gun
    ...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 |used_by=<small>{{flagicon|United States|size=22px}} United States<br>{{UK}}<br>{{flagicon|Canada|size=22px}} Canada
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  • 5"/25 caliber gun (United States)
    ...5 inch 25 caliber gun USS Bowfin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<center>On the deck of [[Balao class submarine]] [[USS Bowfin (SS-287)]]</center>]] ...er (artillery)|caliber]]s long (that is, for a 5" bore and a barrel length of 25 calibers, 5" x 25 = 125", or about 3.2 meters).<ref name=F156>Fairfield
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  • 5"/38 caliber gun
    |origin= United States |wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who b
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  • 5"/51 caliber gun
    |origin= United States |wars= World War I, World War II
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  • 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun
    |origin= United States |wars= World War II and Cold War
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  • 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun
    {{redirect|5"/54 caliber gun|the earlier 5"/54 gun|5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun}} {{redirect|Mark 45|the torpedo|Mark 45 torpedo}}
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  • 6"/53 caliber gun
    |used_by=<small>{{flagicon|United States|size=22px}} United States |wars= [[World War II]]
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  • 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun
    |caption=The {{USS|Hull|DD-945|6}} test-firing a Mark 71 MCLWG prototype. |used_by=[[United States Navy]]
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  • 8"/55 caliber gun
    ...se torpedo-initiated explosion of the forward magazine during the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]]. |used_by=<small>{{flagicon|United States|size=22px}} United States
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  • 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
    |origin= {{Flag|United States}} |era=WW II
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  • Bofors
    {{For|the scandal involving Bofors AB's Indian contracts|Bofors scandal}} The name '''Bofors''' has been associated with the [[iron industry]] for more than 350 years.
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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. ...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]]
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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. |wars=World War II
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  • M242 Bushmaster
    {{redirect|M242|the Israeli Jeep derivative|AIL Storm#Storm II}} | origin = [[United States]]
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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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  • M4 cannon
    |origin= [[United States]] |used_by=[[United States]]
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  • M61 Vulcan
    |origin= [[United States]] |used_by= [[United States]]/[[NATO]]
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  • MK 108 cannon
    |caption=The MK 108 machine cannon |wars=[[World War II]]
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  • Mark 13 torpedo
    ...with breakaway wooden nose and tail protection which is shed upon hitting the water.]] ...|kn}} slower than the [[Mark 14 torpedo]]. 17,000 were produced during the war.{{Ref|Milford1}}
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  • Mark 14 torpedo
    |origin= [[United States]] |wars= [[World War II]]
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  • Mark 15 torpedo
    ...[[Destroyer|"tincans"]] in the decisive [[Battle of Vella Gulf]] which was the first successful U.S. destroyer torpedo duel]] ...rick J. "U. S. Navy Torpedoes. Part One: Torpedoes through the thirties."] The Submarine Review, April 1996.</ref>
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  • Mark 16/1 triple 6 in /47 Turret
    ...et''' (3x152 mm) was a feature of many U.S. cruisers during World War II. The {{sclass|Cleveland|cruiser}} from that period had four such turrets. ...ld is on the [[museum ship]] {{USS|Little Rock|CG-4}}, which is located in the [[Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].
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  • Mark 18 torpedo
    ...pedo''' was an electric torpedo used by the [[US Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...York: Bantam, 1976), p.280.</ref> in particular the [[Mark 2 torpedo|Mark II]], originated in 1941 in collaboration with [[General Electric]] and [[Exid
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  • Mark 24 Mine
    ...arines 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
    |wars=[[World War II]] |design_date=[[World War I]]
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  • QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
    |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...er Rebellion]]<br>[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
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  • QF 1 pounder pom-pom
    |name= QF 1 pdr Mark I & II ("pom-pom") |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London
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  • QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
    | variants = Mk I, Mk II ...h ={{convert|262.5|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])
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