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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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• QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt
  |date= ...mmunition and fuzes. Following the explosion in 1900 of an ammunition ship due to defective fuses, Britain replaced Nordenfelt fuzes with the Hotchkiss de
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• Saab Bofors Dynamics
  {{POV-section|date=February 2010}} ...exports to parties in illegal wars and to human-rights offenders. This is due to the wide spread belief that there exists a law that bans exportation of
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• Sentry gun
  ...sentry guns first appeared in the ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' series {{Fact|date=August 2008}}, the ''[[Team Fortress]]'' [[Mod (computer gaming)|mod]] for ...0.0 space" where [[Player versus player|PvP]] can freely occur, is largely due to the presence of these sentry guns.
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...E CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958 edition|location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref> | date = 2002
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• Swedish Mauser
  ...mbered the same as the replaced receiver, though this is not yet confirmed due to the extremely small number discovered so far. ...& practice devises in artillery pieces. Many other carbines have been lost due to conversion to m/63 target rifles.
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• TEC-9
  {{Refimprove|date=July 2009}} ...The civilian model of the TEC-9 quickly became a favorite gun of criminals due to its intimidating looks, low price and the relative ease with which the o
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• Alternator
  ...rrent in the rotor field winding. Permanent magnet machines avoid the loss due to magnetizing current in the rotor, but are restricted in size, owing to t ...nt magnet alternators can achieve much higher efficiency.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} By contrast, the large AC generators used in power stations
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• Hydroelectric
  {{Expand section|date=January 2010}} ...ter. A [[tidal power]] plant makes use of the daily rise and fall of water due to tides; such sources are highly predictable, and if conditions permit con
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• Quinine
  ...tatus = quinine is now banned in Australia unless specifically for Malaria due to its tendency to kill blood platelets. ...sensitive to ultraviolet light (UV) and will fluoresce in direct sunlight, due to its highly conjugated [[resonance structure]] (See [[Quinoline]])
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• Mefloquine
  ..., probably because they help synchronise neural activity.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} ...tle=The Antimalarial Potential of 4-Quinolinecarbinolamines May Be Limited due to Neurotoxicity and Cross-Resistance in Mefloquine-Resistant ''Plasmodium
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• Bupivacaine
  ...dia]], [[arrhythmia]]s, and/or [[cardiac arrest]] – some of which may be due to [[Hypoxia (medical)|hypoxemia]] secondary to respiratory depression.<ref ...orypage.aspx?StoryId=104790 ABS-CBN Interactive: Filipino nurse dies in UK due to wrong use of anaesthetic]</ref>
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• Chloroquine
  ...nger recommended by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] due to the availability of more effective combinations.<ref>CDC. Health informa ...nn HM, Verhulst HL | title=Fatal acute chloroquine poisoning in children | date=1 January 1961| journal=Pediatrics | volume=27 | issue=1 | pages=95&ndash;1
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• Dexamethasone
  ...d and can play a significant role in minimizing the acute pacing threshold due to the reduction of inflammatory response. The typical quantity present in ...ntent/full/97/4/485 |doi=10.1016/S0029-7844(00)01206-0 |format={{Dead link|date=April 2009}} &ndash; <sup>[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=
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• Acetylcysteine
  ...]]-like allergic reaction, which may include extreme breathing difficulty (due to [[bronchospasm]]), [[hypotension|a decrease in blood pressure]], rash, [ ...nt]] to prevent the precipitation of acute renal failure.{{citation needed|date=March 2009}}
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• Naloxone
  ...ntidote Naloxone over counter 'will save lives' | publisher=The Guardian | date=29 January 2016 | author=Melissa Davey}}</ref> ...1=Bosack|first1=Robert|title=Anesthesia Complications in the Dental Office|date=2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118828625|page=191|url=https://bo
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• Sodium thiosulfate
  Due to the quantitative nature of this reaction, as well as the fact that Na<su ...is limited data on this method with few recommendations.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}
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• Carbamazepine
  ...ttp://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/carbamazepine.html |title=Carbamazepine |date=February 2009 |author=Lexi-Comp |work=[[Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Thera ...Journalarchive/internalmedicine1992/37.774?from=PubMed |format={{dead link|date=January 2010}}}}</ref> Thus, [[middle C]] would be heard as the note [[Scie
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• Phenobarbital
  | date = 2005-10-27 | date= 2005-06-23
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• Phenytoin
  ...tant to invest in a drug nearing the end of its patent life, and partially due to mixed results from various studies. {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} Data now being collected by the [http://www.epilepsy.com/i
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• Levamisole
  ...discontinues Ergamisol |last=Frederick |first=James |work=Drug Store News |date=November 27, 2000 |accessdate=2009-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http:/ ...tle=Contaminated Cocaine Can Cause Flesh to Rot|last=Doheny|first=Kathleen|date=Jun 1 2010|work=[[Yahoo!]]|accessdate=8 June 2010|postscript=.}}</ref>
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