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• Ak 5
  ...ine, the Ak 5D is especially suited for ranger/[[urban warfare]] units and vehicle crews who often benefit from a more lightweight & compact weapon when takin [[Category:Weapons of Sweden]]
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• Autocannon
  ...by aircraft in air-to-air combat, where the target dwell time is short and weapons are typically operated in brief bursts. ...ment of self-contained primers and [[smokeless powder]]s that rapid-firing weapons were practical.
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• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
  <!-- Vehicle specifications --> * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_15-42_mk1.htm Information at Naval Weapons website]
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• BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun
  <!-- Vehicle specifications --> *Tony DiGiulian, [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_16-45_mk1.htm British 16"/45 (40.6 cm) Mark I]
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• Brandt 60 mm LR Gun-mortar
  ...These [[bombs]] can be [[Breech-loading weapon|breech-loaded]] within the vehicle on which the mortar is mounted, or drop-loaded in the usual mortar fashion. *Similar weapons:
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• Bofors 152 mm gun
  <!-- Vehicle specifications --> [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]
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• Bofors 37 mm
  ...e [[Fall of France]]. It was often carried ''[[portee]]'' on the back of a vehicle. ...r II made the gun obsolete (as it made obsolete other similarly performing weapons such as the German [[PaK 36]] and the US [[M3 37 mm gun|37mm M3]].
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...eapons without any supporting evidence. It should be pointed out these two weapons are quite different from each other and share few, if any, features. ...r the land based versions were immediate, starting with an order for eight weapons from Belgium in August 1935, and followed by a flood of orders from other f
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• Breda Model 35
  ...ng the [[Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/77 (Scotti)|20 mm Scotti]]. Both of the weapons fired the [[20x138mmB]] cartridge. [[File:AS42-1.gif|thumb|250px|left|A vehicle of the Italian [[Auto-Saharan Company]] mounted with a Breda 20/65 M35.]]
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• Bushmaster III
  ...been selected as the primary armament of the [[CV90]] [[infantry fighting vehicle]]s (IFV) currently in service by the [[Danish Army|Danish]] and [[Royal Net * [[CV90|Combat Vehicle 90]]
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• COW 37 mm gun
  ...oduct.cfm?manufacturer=0&category=14&subcategory=26&product=1624</ref> The vehicle was used by the RAF for airfield defence and later the [[Home Guard (United *I.V. Hogg & L.F. Thurston, British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. London: Ian Allan, 1972
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• CRN 91 Naval Gun
  ...of the [[Medak 30mm automatic gun]] installed on Sarath (Infantry fighting vehicle)-Indian license produced variant of BMP-2, built by the Ordnance Factory Me *[http://ofbindia.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wmc/9-crn-91-naval-gun.jpg| CRN-91 Naval gun picture]
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• Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
  ...タフ」|accessdate=2009-11-04|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name="JSDF weapons">[http://www13.plala.or.jp/aconit/e-nerima_soubi.html "Exhibision (sic) of <!-- Vehicle specifications -->
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• Chain gun
  ...riven weapons over their [[Firearm#Repeating, Semiautomatic, and Automatic Weapons|recoil-actuated counterparts]]. Instead of depending upon the sometimes unr ...e. An unclassified report on the [[EX-34]] prepared by the [[Naval Surface Weapons Center]] in [[Dahlgren, Virginia]], dated September 23, 1983, said that:
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• Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station
  ability to acquire and engage targets while inside a vehicle, protected by its armor. It is designed to mount on a variety of vehicle platforms and supports the MK19 Grenade
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• DARDO
  {{For|the infantry fighting vehicle|Dardo IFV}} ...X and ''Dardo''). It is the last of a long series of Italian anti-aircraft weapons derived from the Bofors 40&nbsp;mm gun (Type 64, Type 106, Type 107, Type 5
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• Fajr-27
  <!-- Vehicle specifications --> [[Category:Weapons of Iran]]
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• GAU-8 Avenger
  ...ked tube carrier GFU-8/E 30&nbsp;mm Ammunition Loading Assembly cart. This vehicle is unique to the A-10 and the GAU-8.<ref name="zombie">{{cite web|url=http: ...ire ammunition load in a single burst with no damage or ill effects to the weapons system itself. However, this constant rate of fire would shorten the barrel
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• GIAT 30
  <!-- Vehicle/missile specifications --> ...[[30 mm]] cannon developed to replace the [[DEFA cannon|DEFA 550 series]] weapons on [[France|French]] [[military aircraft]].
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• Goalkeeper CIWS
  | type = [[Close-in weapon system|Close In Weapons System]] <!-- Vehicle/missile specifications -->
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.820
  ...''Oerlikon KAD''', supplanting Oerlikon's own [[Oerlikon KAA|KAA]] and KAB weapons in the process<ref>[http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/jah/jah_0114.html
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• Limbo (weapon)
  |designer= Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment <!-- Vehicle/missile specifications -->
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• Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II
  ...n]] that was developed specifically for Finland between 1941 and 1942. The vehicle was developed from the [[Toldi (tank)|Toldi L-60 m/38 tank]]. The chassis w [[Category:Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons of World War II]]
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• M151 Protector
  ...n [[M2 Browning machine gun|M2]] heavy machine gun on an M1126 [[Stryker]] vehicle.]] ...R Remote Weapon Station''' is a [[Remote weapon system|remotely-controlled weapons station]] (RWS) that can be mounted to vehicles and stationary platforms. I
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• M242 Bushmaster
  ...el development taking place under the [[XM800 Armored Reconnaissance Scout Vehicle]]. Both the XM800 and the cavalry version of the XM701 MICV vehicles were a ...ace it started in 1972 at [[Hughes Aircraft]] as the '''Vehicle Rapid-Fire Weapons System-Successor''', or '''VRFWS-S'''. This was essentially a power-driven
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  |platform= [[Tripod (weapon)|Tripod]], vehicle The Browning .50 caliber machine gun has been used extensively as a vehicle weapon and for aircraft armament by the [[United States]] from the 1920s to
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• M42 Duster
  ...located in the rear of the vehicle. A total of 3,700 M42s were built. The vehicle has a crew of six and weighs 22,500&nbsp;kg (49,500 lb) fully loaded. Maxi ...guns assisted by a [[radar]] [[fire control system]] housed in a secondary vehicle of similar design but this idea was scrapped as development costs mounted.
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• M4 cannon
  ...] designed by [[John Browning]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II|last= Bishop|first=Chris |coauthors= |year=2002 |publisher= ...80 armor-piercing shell, which could penetrate 1&nbsp;in (25&nbsp;mm) of [[Vehicle armour|armor plate]] at {{convert|500|yd|m|-1|abbr=on}}. It was magazine-fe
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• MK 101 cannon
  <!-- Vehicle specifications --> ...chined sleeve with internal interrupted threads, similar to some Solothurn weapons such as the 7.92&nbsp;mm (.312&nbsp;in) [[MG 30]] light machine gun. The lo
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• MK 108 cannon
  <!-- Vehicle specifications --> ...c weapons of rifle-calibre and larger because the chamber pressure in such weapons would be very high. Therefore, if a simple blowback system (where there is
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• Mark 14 torpedo
  <!-- Vehicle/missile specifications --> ...s, Bernard, general editor. ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus Publishing, 1978), Volume 8, p.807, "Duplex"
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• Miniman antitank weapon
  <!-- Vehicle specifications --> * (JIW) Ian Hogg, ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 1984-85'', London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1984.
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• Mk44 Bushmaster II
  |image=[[File:Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.jpg|300px]] |caption=[[Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle]] with Mk44
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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  ...fast attack vehicles such as the [[Humvee]] (HMMWV), [[Amphibious Assault Vehicle|AAV]] and [[Stryker]], military jeeps and a large variety of naval mounts. *{{Flag|Australia}}<ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 97
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• Mobile launcher vehicle
  ...le:Luna m frog 7 hameenlinna 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Soviet [[ZIL-135]] launcher vehicle]] A '''mobile launcher vehicle''' is a type of military vehicle on a multi-wheel-drive or [[crawler-tread]] chassis carrying one or more gr
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• Nanuk Remotely Controlled Weapon Station
  |name= Overhead Weapons Station (OWS) ...remote weapon system]] or station, (RWS) used for light and medium caliber weapons which can be installed on any type of armored vehicles. It is designed by [
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  Because the treaty of Versailles banned further production of such weapons in Germany, the patents and design works were transferred in 1919 to the Sw ...larger cartridge than the AF, 20x72RB, but the major improvement in these weapons was a significant increase in rate of fire. The FF weighed 24 kg and achiev
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  ...in 1942, though some remained in service until the end of the war. In its vehicle-mounted variant, the 2-pounder was also a common main gun on British tanks ...[[Bofors 37 mm]], and hugely outclassed smaller 25&nbsp;mm and 20&nbsp;mm weapons used by some forces. On the negative side, the 2-pounder was nearly twice a
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• Otobreda 76 mm
  ...mm Allargato]], which was bigger, heavier and had a slower rate of fire. A vehicle-mounted version known as the [[Otomatic]] was built for the [[SPAAG|self-pr *[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3-62_mk75.htm Italian 76 mm/62 (3") Compact, SR and USA 76 mm/62 (3")
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• Phalanx CIWS
  ...e="navweaps">{{cite web|author=Tony DiGiulian |url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_Phalanx.htm |title=USA 20 mm Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) |pu ...ilitary/systems/ship/systems/mk-15-specs.htm |title=MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=2005-04-27 |accessdate=20
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• RARDEN
  ...ght|Close up of the [[30mm]] RARDEN cannon on a [[Warrior tracked armoured vehicle]].]] ...ingdom|British]] [[30 mm caliber|30mm]] [[autocannon]] used as an armoured vehicle weapon. The name is a contraction of the '''<u>R</u>'''oyal '''<u>A</u>'''r
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• Rafael Overhead Weapon Station
  |name= Overhead Weapons Station (OWS) The OWS is used on: <ref> [http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/small_arms/ows/OWS.html OWS - 7.62mm 12.7mm.]</ref>
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• Raven Srws
  ...d adapter kits for a range of [[weapon]]s/[[ammunition]] on a variety of [[vehicle]]s ...y device|display screen]] and a [[joystick]] controller located inside the vehicle
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• Remote weapon system
  ...ehicles, as it allows a gunner to remain in the relative protection of the vehicle. It may also be retrofitted onto existing vehicles, for example, the [[Comm [[Category:Vehicle weapons|*RWS]]
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• Rheinmetall MK 20 Rh 202
  ...many|German]] origin, like the [[Marder (IFV)|Marder]] [[infantry fighting vehicle]], the [[Spähpanzer Luchs]] and some variants of the [[Wiesel AWC]]. It is [[Category:Vehicle weapons]]
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• Rheinmetall RMK30
  <!-- Vehicle/missile specifications --> [[Category:Modern German weapons]]
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• SWARM
  |name= SWARM Remote Weapons System ...le sensors. On the [[US Marine Corps]]' Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV), equipped with a [[7.62 mm]] [[M240]] and day/night sensors.
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• Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station
  ...light-armored, high-mobility military vehicles and operated by a gunner or vehicle commander operating under-the-deck. It offers optional [[spike (missile)|SP [[Category:Vehicle weapons]]
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• Sentry gun
  ...lity, and deployed sentry guns to block access points to the sick bay. The weapons successfully repelled the alien adversaries until they ran out of ammunitio ===Phalanx close-in weapons systems===
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• Sharpshooter Turret
  <!-- Vehicle specifications --> ...shmaster]] 25 mm cannon and a coaxially mounted 7.62 mm machine gun. These weapons are mechanically linked to a gunner’s day/night sighting system incorpora
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