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  • ...raft gun]]s specially designed or adapted for mounting on ships, and naval guns adapted for high-angle fire. Today they have been largely superseded by [[s [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • |Ship armament=3 × 3 in (76.2 mm) guns (3x1)<br/>2 × 40 mm guns (1x2)<br/>8 × 20 mm cannon (8x1)<br/>3 × 21 in [[torpedo]] tubes<br/>1 × |Ship aircraft=
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  • |Ship armament=3 x 3in. guns<br/>2 x 40 mm<br/>8 x 20 mm<br/>3 x 21" torpedo tubes<br/>2 x depth charge |Ship aircraft=
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  • |Ship fate=Irreparably damaged by German aircraft on 11 April 1944 |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...le = The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems | chapter = Mexico | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | publ ...original U.S. Navy [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on}} Mark 26 guns]]. In addition, the [[superfiring]] 3-inch gun forward was replaced with a
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  • ...USS Camp with 5" guns.jpg|300px|USS ''Camp'' after refit with two 5"/38cal guns]] |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...(127-[[millimeter]]) guns<br/>8 x 40-millimeter guns<br/>8 x 20-millimeter guns<br/>2 &times; [[depth charge]] tracks |Ship aircraft=
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  • |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities=Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one [[seaplane]
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  • ...ircraft gun mount<br/>2 x twin 40-mm gun mounts<br/>6 x 20-mm antiaircraft guns<br/>2 x [[depth charge]] tracks |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns<br />8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br />2 x [[depth charge]] tracks |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...has been increased to four 5-[[inch]] (127-[[millimeter]]) 38-[[caliber]] guns. |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...ch]] (127-[[millimeter]]) guns<br/>4 x quad 20-millimeter [[antiaircraft]] guns<br/>2 x [[depth charge]] tracks |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...4 x 40-millimeter [[antiaircraft]] guns<br/>8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br/>2 x [[depth charge]] tracks<br/>2 x [[Mousetrap (weapon)|Mousetrap]] [[ |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...(127-[[millimeter]]) guns<br/>8 x 40-millimeter guns<br/>8 x 20-millimeter guns<br/>2 x [[depth charge]] tracks |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...8 x 40-millimeter [[antiaircraft]] guns<br/>8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br/>2 x [[depth charge]] tracks |Ship aircraft=
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  • |Ship aircraft=None permanently assigned; helipad could accommodate one [[MBB Bo 105]] [[H |Ship aircraft facilities=Helipad; no support facilities aboard
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  • ...40 mm|40 mm/60 AA guns]]<br/>• 6 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm/80 AA guns]]<br/>• 2 × [[depth charge]] racks, [[Y-gun]] projectors<br/>• 1 × [[ |Ship aircraft=1 × [[Grumman]] [[J2F Duck]] [[seaplane]]
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  • ...{{convert|1090|LT|MT}}. She was armed with four {{convert|4|in|cm|adj=on}} guns and had eight {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. ''Wainwright'' ...t|2900|ft/s|m/s}}. At an [[elevation (ballistics)|elevation]] of 20°, the guns had a range of {{convert|15920|yards|m}}.<ref name=NavWeaps-4in />
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  • ...{{convert|1090|LT|MT}}. She was armed with four {{convert|4|in|cm|adj=on}} guns and had eight {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. ''Porter'' was ...t|2900|ft/s|m/s}}. At an [[elevation (ballistics)|elevation]] of 20°, the guns had a range of {{convert|15920|yards|m}}.<ref name=NavWeaps-4in />
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  • ...) /50 single purpose guns, <br/>• two .50 caliber (12.7&nbsp;mm) machine guns, <br/>• five [[Thompson submachine gun]]s, <br/>• five sawn-off [[shotg ...s, then the group moved northward of the Azores. Planes from the [[escort aircraft carrier]] [[USS Card (CVE-11)|USS ''Card'']] (CVE-11) were sighted several
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  • ...gun<br/>• 2 × twin 40&nbsp;mm gun mounts<br/>• 2 × single 20&nbsp;mm guns == Under attack by kamikaze aircraft ==
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  • ...launcher|Mk19]] grenade launchers<br />2 [[.50 BMG|.50]] (12.7 mm) machine guns<br />6 [[FIM-92 Stinger|Stinger missile]]s |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...× 3&nbsp;in/50 guns</li><li>2 × twin 40 mm guns</li><li>2 × 20&nbsp;mm guns</li></ul>1990:<ul><li>1 x 3-in .50 caliber</li></ul> |Ship aircraft=
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  • |Ship armament= one 4"/50 single [[gun mount]], four .50 cal. machine guns, two [[depth charge]] projectors |Ship aircraft=
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  • |Ship armament=two 40&nbsp;mm AA [[gun mounts]]; four .50 cal. machine guns |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...caliber gun]]s (3×1)<br />• 4 × 40 mm guns (2×2)<br />• 9 × 20 mm guns (9×1)<br />• 1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] [[anti-submarine mortar ...weeks at a time, the frigate also provided navigational information to any aircraft or surface vessel requiring assistance and assumed search and rescue duties
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  • ...r gun]] (replaced with 5"/54 caliber in 1972)<br/>6 × .50 caliber machine guns<br/>2 × {{convert|90|mm|in|abbr=on}} anti-submarine mortars |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...as [[seaplane tender]]s<br/>4 as [[motor torpedo boat tender]]s<br/>1 as [[Aircraft catapult|catapult]] training ship ...ircraft gun mount, 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, and 6 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns (also [[Mousetrap (weapon)|Mousetrap]] aboard ''Coos Bay'' only).
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  • | type = Light anti-aircraft gun ...ce weapon used by the [[Finnish Army]] during World War II. A total of 174 guns were built, used in training until 1970s and kept in reserve until 1988. T
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  • ...s of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...used as the decimal separator in German). <!-- The Allied slang for anti-aircraft fire, ''ack-ack'', does not come from the German, but is a World War I term
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  • ...up to 8 units installed in every new Soviet warship (from mine-hunters to aircraft carriers), with hundreds produced in total.__NOTOC__ ...tical Tracker. A single MP-123 radar system can simultaneously control two guns, either two 30 mm gun mounts, or two 57 mm gun mounts, or one 30 mm gun and
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  • ...l Small Arms Factory ADEN''' is a 30 mm [[cannon]] used on many [[military aircraft]], particularly those of the British [[Royal Air Force]] and [[Fleet Air Ar ...[Hawker Hunter]] in 1954, and subsequently used on every British gun-armed aircraft until the advent of the [[Panavia Tornado]] in the 1980s.
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  • ...fused to detonate on contact or after a fixed time period, damaging nearby aircraft. [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...anuary 2009}}, mounted on big warships as well as small crafts. About 1450 guns were produced in the USSR and about 300 were produced in China as the Type ...and a total length of 2670 mm. The barrels are rifled with 12 grooves. The guns each have a rate of fire of 1,000 round per minute, they are fed by indepen
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  • |Ship armament=One 40mm gun, four .50 cal. machine guns, one 81 mm mortar |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...ch (76.2-mm) gun<br />1 x 40 mm gun<br />4 x .50-caliber (12.7-mm) machine guns |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...p armament=one 3-inch [[gun mount]], one 40 mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...armament=one 3-inch [[gun mount]], one 40 mm mount, two .50 cal. [[machine guns]] |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...ment=one 3-inch [[gun mount]], one 40&nbsp;mm mount, four .50 cal. machine guns |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...ment=one 3-inch [[gun mount]], one 40&nbsp;mm mount, four .50 cal. machine guns |Ship aircraft=
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  • ...p armament=one 3-inch [[gun mount]], one 40 mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns |Ship aircraft=
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  • The '''Hotchkiss 25 mm anti-aircraft gun''' was a [[anti-aircraft]] [[autocannon]] designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in Wor ...o hundred [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikons]], the lack of modern light AA guns greatly hampered the French army in the campaign.
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  • |type=[[Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon]] ...can fire at a 10&nbsp;km range to engage [[helicopter]]s and [[fixed-wing aircraft]].
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  • ...all types of 105 mm and 120 mm guns, including low recoil guns, low-weight guns of military [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]]s. Also suitable for [[p {{IAI aircraft}}
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  • It has a high rate of fire and is also one of the few self-powered guns of the Gatling type. *[http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/str/cannons/yakb.htm KBP machine guns Yak-B]
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  • | type = aircraft [[autocannon]] ...ВЯ-23) is a {{Convert|23|mm|abbr=on}} [[autocannon]] used on [[Soviet]] aircraft during [[World War II]].
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  • |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] ...35(h)'' or ''7.5&nbsp;cm Flak (d)''. Similarly the Soviet Union used those guns it captured from Lithuania. Supposedly it saw limited British service with
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  • ...1.57&nbsp;in) [[Autocannon|cannon]] used to arm [[United Kingdom|British]] aircraft for attacking ground targets in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. ...Kimber |location=London |date=1972 |isbn=7183-0362-8 |chapter=10, The 40mm Guns
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  • |caption= Quadruple-mount 1.1-inch (28 mm) anti-aircraft cannon aboard the battleship [[USS Pennsylvania (BB 38)]] during World War |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun
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  • |caption=''12.7 cm/50 Type 3'' guns seen in a twin gun ''Model B'' turret on the [[Japanese destroyer Sagiri|'' ...6° per second meant that it had a great deal of difficulty engaging enemy aircraft with any chance of success. After the end of World War II the gun remained
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  • |caption= A 120 mm M1 anti-aircraft gun at [[United States Army Ordnance Museum|US Army Ordnance Museum]]. |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft gun]]
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  • ...y commanders, that had expressed interest in acquiring light anti-aircraft guns, refused the 13.2 mm. They argued that those heavy bullets falling down cou ===As a ground-based anti-aircraft weapon===
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  • ...t from [[German warship Gneisenau (1936)|Gneisenau]] used as coast-defense guns in [[Denmark]] ...guns and eight were adapted to use Army carriages and used as heavy field guns as the [[15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette]]
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  • ...hip (1920)|''South Dakota''-class]] battleship, including 12 16"/50 Mark 2 guns ...neither of which was completed. At the time, they were among the heaviest guns built for use as [[naval artillery]], though none of the ships designed for
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  • | type = [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] ...e, being replaced by existing 40-mm [[Bofors]] guns, and later, 35-mm anti-aircraft pieces produced by [[Switzerland]].
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  • |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] ...the German [[Kriegsmarine]]'s primary {{convert|3.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} [[anti-aircraft gun]] during the [[Second World War]]. It was superseded by the fully-autom
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  • ...ass cruiser|''Aoba'']] class cruisers and, after modernization, [[Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi|''Akagi'']] carried only six. ...m (6 inch), 14 cm (5.5 inch), 12.7 cm (5 inch), and 12 cm (4.7 inch) naval guns.<ref>Campbell 1985 pp.173&183</ref>
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  • ...ss 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 during the w ...0 Becker Type M2 guns in June 1916. In addition to the orders for aircraft guns placed with Becker, Spandau and MAN also received a contract to build Becke
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  • |caption=A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun at a Military museum in Belgrade |type=[[Anti-aircraft gun]]
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  • |type=[[Anti-Aircraft]] ...as not produced in high numbers, it was one of the most effective heavy AA guns of its era.
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  • * [[FS Charles de Gaulle|''Charles De Gaulle'' nuclear aircraft carrier]] [[Category:Cold War anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...азца 1940 года (72-К)'''}}) was a [[Soviet]] 25 mm caliber [[anti-aircraft gun]]. The gun was created in the beginning of [[1940]] at 8th Kalinin Arti *[http://www.thetankmaster.com/ENGLISH/AFV/25mm72K.asp Soviet 25mm Anti-Aircraft gun(Automatic gun) 72-K Model 1940 – Walk around photos]
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  • |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] ...throughout the [[Second World War]]. It was the primary German light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a variety of models, notably the '''Flakvierling 38
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  • |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun ...gun''' (spoken "three-inch-twenty-three-caliber") was the standard [[anti-aircraft]] gun for [[United States]] [[destroyers]] through [[World War I]] and the
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  • ...liber]]s long (barrel length is 3" x 50 = 150" or 3.81 meters). Different guns (identified by Mark numbers) of this caliber were used by the [[U.S. Navy]] ==Earlier guns==
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  • |type= Anti-Aircraft Naval Gun ...]. The twin barrel mount was believed to be more effective against faster aircraft and guided missiles than the single mounted [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun]],
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  • [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...th short-range missiles, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns or explosives. ...th short-range missiles, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns or explosives."<ref name=IDR30Oct07/>
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  • ...fulness against lightly armored ground targets. Crews of the 37&nbsp;mm AD guns shot down 14,657 Axis planes<ref name="ReferenceA">Shunkov V. N. - ''The We The Soviet Navy purchased a number of [[Bofors]] 25&nbsp;mm Model 1933 guns in 1935, trials of the weapon were successful and it was decided to develop
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  • |type=anti-aircraft autocannon The '''37mm Gun M1''' was an anti-aircraft [[autocannon]] developed in the [[United States]]. It was used by the [[US
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  • ...were rearmed with dual-purpose [[3"/50 caliber gun]]s. The 4"/50 caliber guns removed from destroyers were mounted on [[Defensively Equipped Merchant Shi Many Mark 9 guns were supplied to the United Kingdom during [[World War II]] as part of [[Le
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  • ...libre [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun]]s. Like all British 4.5 inch naval guns, it actually has a calibre of 4.45 inches (113 mm)<ref name=Janes1999>Jane' These guns proved to be less reliable than the older 4.5 inch Mark 6 (Mark V gun) duri
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  • ...leet during aerial attack, and 40 degrees elevation was adequate to engage aircraft that were concentrating their attack on other ships.<ref> Harding, editor, [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...ever mounted on any warship. They were actually 46&nbsp;cm (18.1&nbsp;in) guns, but were designated 40&nbsp;cm in an effort to hide their true size. ...ith the Type 94. Unlike other very large guns they could fire special anti-aircraft shells called [[Beehive (ammunition)|"Sanshiki" (Beehive)]].
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  • |name=45&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]]
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  • ...]]. The gun was also mounted on pre-[[World War II]] [[battleship]]s and [[aircraft carrier]]s until replaced by the standard [[dual purpose gun|dual-purpose]] ...nti-aircraft gun. The [[5"/38 caliber gun]] replaced the 5"/25 as the anti-aircraft weapon of choice by the mid 1930s due to its better range, velocity against
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  • ...el length between the 5"/51 surface-to-surface and the 5"/25 anti-aircraft guns. ...nced system required nearly 1000&nbsp;rounds of ammunition expenditure per aircraft kill.<ref>Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, P106</ref> The comparatively high
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  • '''5"/51 caliber guns''' (spoken "five-inch-fifty-one-caliber") formed the main battery of the fi ...ere mounted in [[United States Coast Guard]] cutters, auxiliaries, small [[aircraft carrier]]s, coast defense batteries, fleet submarines, and [[Defensively Eq
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  • ...ass|Montana|battleship}}, the gun's first usage was on the {{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier}}. *{{sclass|Midway|aircraft carrier|2}}
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  • ...t gunner position was scrapped later on when the increasing speed of naval aircraft made manual aiming of antiaircraft weapons impractical. The [[5"/54 caliber * {{sclass|Forrestal|aircraft carrier}}
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  • ...mount. It is designed to be used against surface [[warship]]s, for [[anti-aircraft]] use and shore bombardment to support amphibious operations. ...ell (projectile)|per-shell]] effectiveness [[Anti-aircraft warfare|against aircraft]].
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  • [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns|57 mm]]
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  • | type = Anti-aircraft machine gun ...' or '''7,62&nbsp;mm VKT anti-aircraft machine gun''' was the primary anti-aircraft machine gun of the [[Finnish Army]] during [[World War II]]. The weapon was
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  • |caption= The [[patent drawing]] of the 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun |type= [[Anti aircraft]] gun
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  • |image= [[Image:7.5 cm L45 M32 anti-aircraft gun.jpg|300px]] |type= [[Anti aircraft]] gun
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  • |image=[[Image:Skoda 75 mm model 1937 anti-aircraft cannon.right side.JPG|300px]] |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]]
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  • ...anufacture a medium caliber naval cannon with both a anti-surface and anti-aircraft ability. Stemming from Italian Navy's studies and experiences using the [[3 ...''Compatto'') for their 40mm, 76mm and 127mm light-weight automatic naval guns.</ref> {{Asof|2010}}, the gun is used only onboard the [[Cassiopea class pa
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  • ...n C., Col USMC & Peterson, H.W., Major USMC "Guns vs. Butter - Without the Guns?" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' January 1982 pp.33-34</ref> ...Norman| authorlink = | title = The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet | edition = 15th | year = 1993| publisher = [[Naval Insti
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  • ...main battery of [[United States Navy]] [[heavy cruiser]]s and two early [[aircraft carriers]]. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a These simplified built-up guns eliminated hoops to reduce weight to 17 tons. The breech mechanism was sim
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  • |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] ...taken into [[Wehrmacht]] service as the ''8.35&nbsp;cm Flak 22(t)''. Some guns were reportedly captured in [[Yugoslavia]] as well. 144 were in Czech servi
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  • ...r the war some 52-Ks were refitted for peaceful purposes as anti-avalanche guns in a mountainous terrain. ...mm air defense gun KS-19|100]] and [[130 mm air defense gun KS-30|130 mm]] guns.
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  • |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] ...'8&nbsp;cm kanon PL vz. 37 (Anti-aircraft Gun Model 37''' was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the
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  • |target=aircraft |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-Aircraft gun]]
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  • |type=[[anti-aircraft gun]] ...e taken into [[Wehrmacht]] service as the ''9&nbsp;cm Flak M 12(t)''. Some guns were reportedly captured in [[Yugoslavia]] and the [[Soviet Union]] as well
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  • [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]] [[Category:Russian and Soviet Anti-aircraft weapons]]
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  • |name= AM-23 aircraft cannon The '''Afanasev Makarov AM-23''' is a Russian designed aircraft cannon that has been used in a number of planes in the [[Soviet Air Force]]
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  • ...time, but an autocannon all the same: [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun]] in [[Algeria]], 1943]] .... 241.</ref> Such extremely high rates of fire are effectively employed by aircraft in air-to-air combat, where the target dwell time is short and weapons are
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  • ...nd 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 fired [[APCR]] [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...(Clem and Jane) were mounted near Wanstone Farm in Kent in the 1940s. Five guns were mounted in Singapore in the 1930s. The firing life of a 15 inch gun w [[File:HMS Hood Aft guns 1926 USNHC 57184.jpg|thumb|left|<center>Aft guns of [[HMS Hood (51)|HMS Hood]] trained forward to port, 1926</center>]]
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  • ...class battlecruiser|''Renown'' class battlecruiser]]s and [[Glorious class aircraft carrier|''Glorious'' class]] "large light cruisers". ...1919/B_Ships/Renown_Cl_62.html Jane's Fighting Ships 1919, page 62]</ref>. Guns were thereafter used in single-gun mountings, typically on smaller ships as
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  • ...езин Б-20) was a [[20 mm caliber]] [[autocannon]] used by [[Soviet]] aircraft in [[World War II]]. ...rya aviatsionnogo vooruzhenia'' Harvest. ISBN 985-433-695-6) (''History of aircraft armament'')
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  • |caption=Mk VIII guns in X and Y Mk I turrets aboard {{HMS|Kent|54|6}} ...re than 10,000 tons [[Displacement (ship)|standard displacement]] and with guns no larger than 8 inches to be excluded from total tonnage limitations on a
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  • ...known that anti-aircraft guns in general were often referred to as Bofors guns. Another well-known gun made by the company was the [[Bofors 37 mm anti-tan
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  • ...ence firm of [[Bofors]]. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of Wo ...under naval gun|2 pounder ''Pom-Poms'']] from [[Vickers]] as anti-aircraft guns in 1922. However the Navy eventually soured on the Pom-Pom and approached B
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  • The '''Bofors 57 mm gun''' are a series of dual-purpose naval guns, produced and originally designed by [[Bofors|Bofors Defence]] (now a part ...estroy sea-skimming missiles. Bofors manufactured a total of about 50 Mk 2 guns.
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  • ...' was a British [[automatic cannon]] that was developed as a heavy-calibre aircraft weapon for the [[Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter]]. However the project did not ...the duopoly of [[Vickers]] and [[Armstrong-Whitworth]] in producing naval guns.
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  • The '''Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] anti-aircraft gun used during [[World War II]]. The designation means it had a caliber of * [[Cannone da 90/53]] - another contemporary Italian anti-aircraft gun
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  • ...t guns to see service during [[World War II]]. It was used both in an anti-aircraft role and as an anti-tank gun. The designation "90/53" meant that the gun ha ...ducing these quantities and by the end of production in July 1943 only 539 guns had been delivered, including 48 converted for use on the [[Semovente 90/53
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  • ...pon for detecting and destroying incoming [[anti-ship missile]]s and enemy aircraft at short range (the threat(s) having penetrated the fleet's available outer ...a combination of radars, computers, and multiple rapid-fire medium-calibre guns placed on a rotating gun mount. Examples of gun based CIWS products in oper
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  • ...ety of [[United States|American]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] [[fighter aircraft]] during [[World War II]]. It used a lighter projectile with a bigger charg [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...] (RTN-20X 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 ...ed weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. It is in
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  • The '''DEFA cannon''' is a family of widely used [[France|French]]-made aircraft [[autocannon]]s firing the standard [[30 mm caliber]] [[NATO]] rounds. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...was the design basis for the highly successful [[2 cm FlaK 30]] series of guns used by [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. * [[List of anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...GR7]] and GR9s. The British had originally planned a pair of '''ADEN 25''' guns (using the same ammunition as the GAU-12/U, but based on the 30&nbsp;mm [[A ...ate= 2006-03-30 |accessdate= 2008-10-14}}</ref> In the CTOL version of the aircraft it will carry the gun internally, while on the STOVL and CV versions an ext
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  • ...for use in [[gun pod]] applications for [[fighter aircraft]] and [[attack aircraft]] use, primarily for air-to-ground and [[anti-tank]] attacks. The principal application for the GAU-13/A was the '''[[U.S. aircraft gun pods|GPU-5/A]]''' [[gun pod]] (originally marketed as the '''GEPOD 30''
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  • ...The F-15 therefore retained the M61A1 cannon, as have most U.S. [[fighter aircraft]] since 1956. [[Category:aircraft guns]]
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  • ...ame="global">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/a-10-history.htm |title=A-10/OA-10 Thunderbolt II|publisher=GlobalSecurity. ...A-10 Thunderbolt II]]. It is among the largest, heaviest and most powerful aircraft cannons in the [[United States]] military. Designed specifically for the [[
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  • ...he [[DEFA cannon|DEFA 550 series]] weapons on [[France|French]] [[military aircraft]]. * The '''GIAT 30 M791''' is intended for [[fighter aircraft]] such as the [[Dassault Rafale]]. It has a selectable rate of fire allowin
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  • ...icut National Guard]] had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to [[Saskatchewan]] in Canada in 1 ...1972 p. 72.</ref> When fighting troops of industrialized nations, Gatling guns could be targeted by artillery they could not reach and their crews could b
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  • |type= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-Aircraft Gun]] [[Category:Anti-aircraft guns of Germany]]
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  • | caption = Goalkeeper CIWS on a British [[Invincible class aircraft carrier]] [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...matic cannon]] developed in the [[Soviet Union]], primarily for [[military aircraft]] use. It entered service in [[1965]], replacing the earlier [[Nudelman-Rik ...so used on cargo aircraft; specifically, Russian/Soviet [[Ilyushin Il-76]] aircraft were designed to accommodate twin Gsh-23L's in a tail turret.<ref>http://ww
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  • ...signed for use on [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and later [[Russia]]n [[military aircraft]], entering service in the early 1980s. Its current manufacturer is the Rus ...five rounds. It has been deployed on several different types of [[fighter aircraft]]:
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  • ...gyroscopes]] with optical sights to directly and accurately measure target aircraft speed and direction.<ref>Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935-45, Pout </r ...aft the mechanical linkage will pull the gyroscope in the direction of the aircraft movement. The force required to move the gyroscope is proportional to the o
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  • |caption=HS.404 in the TCM-20 twin anti-aircraft configuration, displayed at the Israeli Air Force Museum. |type= Aircraft Cannon
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  • ...rcraft use, but more widely used in a series of ground-based anti-aircraft guns. After [[Oerlikon]] purchased Hispano's armaments division in 1970 the HS.8 ...performance [[revolver cannon]]s meant the HS.820 was never as popular in aircraft role as the HS.404 had been.
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  • |type=Aircraft [[Autocannon]] ...World War II]], on Japanese Army [[Nakajima Ki-44]] and Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI aircraft. It was unusual in using [[caseless ammunition]]. Although the effective ra
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  • ...e all Army Brownings, it was a version of the American Model 1921 Browning aircraft machine gun. It replaced the [[Ho-1 cannon|Ho-1]] and [[Ho-3 cannon|Ho-3]] Gunston, Bill "''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft of World War II''" Salamander Books, Ltd. 1978 ISBN 0-89673-000-X
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  • ...powerful twin-barrel [[autocannon]] used on certain [[Russia]]n [[military aircraft]]. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...[[Soviet]] and later [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] [[military aircraft]]. ...d by ammunition supply. That limitation may be why the cannon has seen few aircraft applications.
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  • ...d version of the 20&nbsp;mm [[Ho-5 cannon]], itself a scaled up Model 1921 aircraft Browning. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...in the Ki-46-III and as nose armament in several experimental anti-bomber aircraft. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • '''Ho-401''' was a Japanese aircraft [[autocannon]] that saw limited, if any, use during World War II. It was a [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • It is found on the aircraft carrier [[Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov|''Admiral Kuznetsov'']], [[Kirov class battlecrui ...guided bombs. The system can also be employed against fixed or rotary wing aircraft or even surface vessels such as fast attack boats or targets on shore.
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  • ...raft gun]]s specially designed or adapted for mounting on ships, and naval guns adapted for high-angle fire. Today they have been largely superseded by [[s [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...one quarter that of the Vulcan, largely to limit its [[recoil]] for light aircraft and helicopter use. It shares the Vulcan's '''M50''' and '''PGU''' series 2 ...[OV-10 Bronco|YOV-10D Bronco NOGS]]. It is also the basis of the '''[[U.S. aircraft gun pods|GPU-2/A]]''' [[gun pod]], which incorporates the cannon, a [[batte
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  • == Aircraft == *Richardson, Doug and Lindsay Peacock. ''Combat Aircraft: AH-64 Apache''. London: Salamander Books, 1992. ISBN 0-86101-675-0.
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  • ...y armored vehicles and aerial targets (such as helicopters and slow-flying aircraft). It can also suppress enemy positions such as exposed troops, dug-in posit ...and a contract for a new weapon to replace it started in 1972 at [[Hughes Aircraft]] as the '''Vehicle Rapid-Fire Weapons System-Successor''', or '''VRFWS-S''
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  • |target=Personnel, light-armored vehicles, aircraft ...r lightly-armored vehicles and boats, light fortifications, and low-flying aircraft.
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  • ...States Air Force]] in the late 1940s. It was used on a number of [[fighter aircraft]] from the early 1950s through the 1980s. ...the new gun was installed for combat testing on a number of [[F-86 Sabre]] aircraft under the "GunVal" program in late 1952, and used in action over [[Korean W
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  • |type=[[Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon|Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]] |primary_armament=[[Bofors 40 mm gun|M2A1 40 mm]] twin anti-aircraft gun
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  • Originally an anti-aircraft weapon, the M45 found greater use as an anti-infantry weapon. [[Category:Anti-aircraft guns of the United States]]
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  • ...ers, as well as experimentally on other designs. It provided [[Interceptor aircraft|interceptor]]s with a weapon that could shoot down any [[bomber]] with as l Designed primarily as an anti-aircraft weapon, the gun had a [[muzzle velocity]] of {{convert|2000|ft/s|abbr=on}}
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  • ...n the principal cannon armament of [[United States]] military [[fixed-wing aircraft]] for fifty years. The M61 was originally produced by [[General Electric]], ...aircraft]] guns. The higher speeds of [[jet engine|jet-engined]] [[fighter aircraft]] meant that achieving an effective number of hits would be extremely diffi
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  • ...design, developed by [[Nexter]] as on-board armament for armored vehicles, aircraft, helicopters and small coastal vessels of the [[French Navy]]. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • |type= Aircraft Cannon |type= Aircraft Cannon
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  • |type= Aircraft Cannon The '''MG FF''' was a drum-fed, 20&nbsp;mm aircraft [[autocannon]], developed in 1936 by [[Ikaria Werke Berlin]] of [[Germany]]
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  • ...tion of a 30&nbsp;mm [[autocannon]] used in [[Nazi Germany|German]] combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Although accurate and powerful, with a high muzzle ...-1 tank|KV-1]] heavy tank.<ref>Kay, Antony L. and Smith, John R., ''German aircraft of the Second World War: Including Helicopters and Missiles'', Naval Instit
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  • ...erman]] [[30 mm caliber]] [[autocannon]] that was mounted in German combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Intended to be a dual purpose weapon for anti-tank ...rmament of the [[Henschel Hs 129|Hs 129 B-1]] ground-attack/tank-destroyer aircraft, mounted below the central fuselage in a conformal [[gun pod]].
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  • ...[[World War II]] by [[Rheinmetall]]-[[August Borsig|Borsig]] for use in [[aircraft]]. ...Reich Aviation Ministry) in response to a [[1942]] requirement for a heavy aircraft weapon for use against the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[bomber]]s ap
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  • {{DEFAULTSORT:Madsen 20 Mm Anti-Aircraft Cannon}} [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • Each turret carried three [[6 inch /47 gun|6 inch (15.2 cm) /47 Mark 16 guns]] ==6 inch /47 guns==
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  • [[File:Mauser BK-27 LKCV.jpg|thumb|Aircraft-mounted Mauser BK-27]] ...many]]. It was developed in the late 1960s for the MRCA (Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) program that ultimately became the [[Panavia Tornado]].
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  • The '''[[Mauser]] MG 213''' was a [[20 mm caliber|20 mm]] aircraft-mounted [[revolver cannon]] developed for the ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' during [[Wo [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...nd other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. The weap ..., the barrels are purposely skewed in order to expand the impact area. The guns are mounted in an enclosed automatic [[Turret#Warships|turret]] while the t
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  • [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]] [[Category:Multi-barrel machine guns]]
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  • ...lman-Rikhter NR-23''' is a [[Soviet]] [[cannon]] widely used in [[military aircraft]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. It was designed by [[A. E. N The NR-23 was used on [[fighter aircraft]], including the [[MiG-15]], [[Lavochkin La-15]], [[MiG-17]], and some mark
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  • ...man-Rikhter NR-30''' was a [[Soviet]] [[cannon]] widely used in [[military aircraft]] of the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Warsaw Pact]]. It was designed by [[A.E. Nu ...ile weighing 400 [[gram]]s (twice that of the 23 mm and half that of 37 mm guns), a rate of fire of 900 cycles per minute, even greater than NR-23, and a t
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  • The '''NS-23''' was a {{Convert|23|mm|abbr=on}} aircraft [[autocannon|cannon]] designed by [[A. E. Nudelman]], [[A. Suranov]], [[G. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...дельман - Суранов НС-37}}) was a {{convert|37|mm|abbr=on}} aircraft cannon, which replaced the unreliable Shpitalny Sh-37 gun. Large caliber wa [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...enlarged version of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Nudelman-Suranov NS-37]] aircraft [[autocannon]]. It was evaluated for service on the [[Yakovlev Yak-9]] duri * {{cite book|last=Gunston|first=Bill|title=Tupolev Aircraft since 1922|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, MD|date=1995
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  • The '''N-37''' was a powerful, 37&nbsp;mm (1.46&nbsp;in) [[aircraft]] [[Autocannon|cannon]] used by the [[Soviet Union]]. It was designed by V. ...ble [[recoil]] and waste gases were problematic for [[turbojet]] [[fighter aircraft]], as was finding space for the gun and a useful amount of [[ammunition]],
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  • ...of 300 rpm. It was used on a limited scale as an aircraft gun and an anti-aircraft gun towards the end of that war. ...lopment was to improve the performance of the gun as an anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapon, which required a higher muzzle velocity. An improved version known
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  • The '''[[Oerlikon]] 30 mm twin cannon''' is an [[anti aircraft]] gun used by the [[Royal Navy]]. They were fitted to [[Type 42]] [[destroy [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • The '''Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon''' is a towed [[anti-aircraft gun]] made by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] (renamed as ''Rheinmetall Air Defence ...ed [[Marksman anti-aircraft system|Marksman]] self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. The system could be paired with the off-gun ''Super Fledermaus'' fire cont
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  • ...the first 20 mm guns to be small and light enough to fit into a [[fighter aircraft]]'s wing. The FF series served as the inspiration for many 20 mm cannon tha ...round at 830 m/s at a slightly slower 470 rounds per minute. The original guns became known as the '''FF F''' from this point on.
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  • [[Category:Naval guns of the United States]] [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns|35]]
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  • {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} ...(four [[Artillery battery|batteries]] with 12 pieces each), and light anti-aircraft/anti-tank regiments of armoured divisions (two 12-gun AT batteries). From O
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  • |type=[[Naval gun]], [[Anti-aircraft gun]] ...s on [[capital ship]]s and to arm light craft. British production of these guns started in 1910 at [[Vickers]] and by the time production stopped in 1936 a
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  • ...on known as the [[Otomatic]] was built for the [[SPAAG|self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]] role, although this was not put into production. ...e anti-missile point defence. Its calibre also gives it abilities for anti-aircraft, anti-surface and ground shelling. Specialised ammunition is available for
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  • ..., used since the 1960s by the United States military in nearly all fighter aircraft (and one land mounting, the [[M163 VADS]]), linked to a Ku-band [[radar]] s ...] waters and to improve the weapon's performance against slower low-flying aircraft. The FLIR's capability is also of use against low-observability missiles an
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  • |caption=A Canadian towed anti-aircraft mounting featuring three Polsten cannons. ...same roles, one of which was as an [[airborne warfare|airborne unit]] anti-aircraft gun. It was used on a wheeled mounting that could be towed behind a [[jeep]
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  • ...12 x 112 pounds = 1344 pounds, to differentiate it from other "12 pounder" guns. Mk I and II guns, of "built up" construction of multiple steel layers, served on many Royal
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  • |manufacturer=[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]]<br>[[Vickers|Vickers, Sons & Maxi ...y several countries initially as an infantry gun and later as a light anti-aircraft gun.
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  • {{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} ...al models were reported to make when firing. Although these were 2-pounder guns, in that they fired a projectile with a weight of 2 [[pound (mass)|pounds]]
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  • |name=QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun |type=[[Anti-aircraft gun]]
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  • |type=Naval gun<br>Coast-defence gun<br>Anti-aircraft gun ...also used ashore as a coast defence gun and later occasionally as an anti-aircraft gun.
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  • ...he early 45-[[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibre]] family of guns up to the 1970s. For the current unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see [ Like all British nominally 4.5&nbsp;inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45&nbsp;inches (113&nbsp;mm)<ref>Ja
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  • ...amily of United-Kingdom 120-mm [[naval artillery|naval]] and coast defence guns of 1888 and 1890s which served with the navies of various countries. They w ...ned to replace the older [[BL 5 inch gun Mk I - V|BL 5 inch (127 mm) naval guns]] and was optimised for the modern [[smokeless propellant]]s such as [[Cord
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  • |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Heavy [[anti-aircraft gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defence gun]] ...as adapted on [[British ordnance terms#HA|HA]] mountings to the heavy anti-aircraft role both at sea and on land, and was also used as a coast defence gun.
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  • |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Heavy anti-aircraft gun ...url=http://www.hnsa.org/doc/br224/part1.htm|title=THE 4-in. Q.F. MARK XVI* GUNS ON THE H.A. TWIN MARK XIX MOUNTING. |publisher=Historic Naval Ship Associat
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  • ...as the '''[[List of British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] 6 inch MK I, II, III''' guns. These guns were developed to exploit the new [[British ordnance terms#QF|Quick-Firing]
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  • These guns were used as examination guns at coastal forts in WWII, including [[Barrett Point]] battery near Prince R ...o simplify manufacture, identified as "6 pdr Single Tube". Initially these guns were only allowed to be fired with a special lower charge but in 1917 they
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  • [[File:Mauser BK-27 LKCV.jpg|thumb|Modern [[Mauser BK-27]] aircraft revolver cannon]] A '''revolver cannon''' is a type of [[autocannon]] commonly used as an aircraft gun. It uses a cylinder with multiple chambers, like those of a [[revolver]
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  • ...i-Aircraft Cannon IWM 3.jpg|thumb|An Argentine Rheinmetall 20 mm Twin Anti-Aircraft Cannon in the [[Imperial War Museum]]]] ...f the German Air Force, i.e. "to engage low and very low approaching enemy aircraft with all appropriate means in time to prevent them from firing their weapon
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  • |name= R-23 Aircraft Cannon The '''Rikhter R-23''' is an aircraft autocannon developed for the [[Soviet Air Force]].
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  • ...aGG-3]], early [[Ilyushin Il-2]], and Soviet-modified [[Hawker Hurricane]] aircraft as well as [[T-38 tank|T-38]] and [[T-60]] tanks. ...AS]] machine gun. Plant INZ-2 began production of 12.7-mm of ShVak machine guns in 1935. During 1935-1936 12.7-mm ShKAS machine gun was rechambered to a 2
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  • ...destroyer escorts or escort carriers) employed GFCS for 5 inch and larger guns, up to battleships such as the [[Armament of the Iowa class battleship|USS ...l the firing of several guns at once. In naval engagements both the firing guns and target are moving, and the variables are compounded by the greater dist
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  • |rate= 3,000 rpm (anti-aircraft), 120 rpm (ground targets) The T249 '''Vigilante''' was a prototype 37&nbsp;mm [[self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]] (SPAAG) designed as a replacement for the [[Bofors 40 mm gun]] and [[
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  • |type= [[Anti-aircraft gun]] ...四年式10cm高射砲|Jyūyonen-shiki jissenchi Koshahō}} was an [[anti-aircraft gun]] used by the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] after [[World War I]]. Only a
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  • ...l system was developed for Type 2, which could control and direct 6 of the guns at once. Two of the guns were mounted on together to form the '''20&nbsp;mm Twin AA Machine Cannon''
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  • |name=Type 3 12 centimeter anti-aircraft gun |caption=A Japanese Type 3 anti-aircraft gun
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  • The '''Type 3 80 mm Anti-Aircraft Gun''' was a [[Japan]]ese [[Anti-aircraft gun]] used during [[World War II|World War 2]]. [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • |name=Type 4 75 mm anti-aircraft gun |caption= Type 4 anti-aircraft gun.
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  • |name=Type 5 15 centimeter anti-aircraft gun |caption= Type 5 anti-aircraft gun.
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  • |used_by=See ''[[Type 61 AAA guns#Users|users]]'' [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed/rotary wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. Though e [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • |type= [[Anti-aircraft gun]] ...on the Asian mainland. Although, it was soon overtaken by improvements in aircraft technology and was lately obsolete by 1941, it continued to be used on many
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  • |type= [[Anti-aircraft gun]] ...[[Imperial Japanese Army]] after [[World War I]]. It was the first [[anti-aircraft gun]] in Japanese service, but only a small number were produced, and it wa
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  • ...nnon|Type 98 20 mm]] guns. It was introduced in 1944 and approximately 500 guns were produced. [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • ...J7W|J7W Shinden]] – but by the end of the war had seen use on only a few aircraft, including variants of the [[Mitsubishi J2M]] and [[Yokosuka P1Y]]. [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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  • ...s request. Each command vehicle can command an AAA company consisted of 8 guns, but each individual gun can also fight independently. [[Category:Anti-aircraft guns]]
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  • |image=[[Image:Japanese 25mm dual mount anti-aircraft gun - Guam.jpg|300px]] |type=[[Autocannon]] [[Anti-aircraft gun|Anti-Aircraft]]/[[Anti-tank]] gun
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  • |type= [[Anti-aircraft gun]] ...九九式八糎高射砲|Kyūkyū-shiki hassenchi Koshahō}} was an [[anti-aircraft gun]] used by the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] during [[World War II]].
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  • ...d by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] in 1939 and served as their standard [[aircraft]] [[autocannon]] during [[World War II]]. ...o'', Motorbooks USA 1994.</ref> Their attention was drawn to the family of aircraft autocannon manufactured by Oerlikon, the FF, FFL and FFS. These all shared
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  • ...Cubic centimetre|cm<sup>3</sup>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radi ..., mostly for the 115&nbsp;mm guns in the [[T-62]] tank and the 125&nbsp;mm guns in the [[T-64]], [[T-72]], [[T-80]], and [[T-90]] tanks.
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  • ...for example as a alternative for DU [[kinetic energy penetrator]] for tank guns.<ref>{{cite conference | url = http://aux.ciar.org/ttk/mbt/papers/symp_19/T ...l [[Superconductivity|superconducting]] alloys. Niobium can be found in [[aircraft]] [[gas turbine]]s, [[vacuum tube]]s and [[nuclear reactor]]s.
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  • ...ed to drive rivets in structural steel are quite large while those used in aircraft assembly are easily held in one hand. A rivet gun differs from an [[air ha ...n size and shape and have a variety of handles and grips. Pneumatic rivet guns typically have a regulator which adjusts the amount of air entering the too
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  • ...dye]], but most often [[paint]] by a process of [[nebulization]]. '''Spray guns''' developed from the airbrush and are still considered a type of airbrush. ...acrylic. Certain spray guns, called High-Volume Low-Pressure (HVLP) spray guns, are designed to deliver the same high volumes of paint without requiring s
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  • ...for [[sheet metal]], as the 1930s saw the advent of [[monocoque]] aluminum aircraft. The other new device, hitting at twice or three times the speed{{Vague|dat By [[World War II]], rivet guns were used widely in U.S. aircraft factories both for riveting aluminum sheets, and for [[flow forming]], the
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  • ...stop Oswald before he fired a second shot, because they carried submachine guns and rifles.<ref>Warren Commission Hearings, [http://jfkassassination.net/ru ...on, Ohio where tours of the aircraft are offered including the rear of the aircraft where Kennedy's casket was placed and the location where [[Jacqueline Kenne
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  • ...ring for attacks in the USA, including the training of personnel to hijack aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Bin Ladin Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft and Other Attacks
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  • ...co.za/index.php?fSectionId=132&fArticleId=2390006 |title="US Sticks to its Guns on four British Detainees," '&#39;The South African Star'&#39;, 28 January ...[RAF Northolt]] in west [[London]], the U.K. on an [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] aircraft.<ref name="still"/><ref name=Bbc050125>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/42040
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