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• List of naval anti-aircraft guns
  ...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 Today they have been largely superseded by [[s | [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2 pdr Mk II, Mk VIII]] Vickers 2-pounder ''pom-pom''
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• USS Hurst (DE-250)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}} ...ms | chapter = Mexico | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]] | year = 2007 | isbn = 9781591149552 | oclc = 140283156 |
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• USS Joyce (DE-317)
  ...dy, and {{USS|Peterson|DE-152|2}} shelled the submarine, silenced her deck guns and forced the hapless U-550 to surrender. ''Joyce'' ordered the Germans to ...outh Korea]] ''Joyce'' was recalled to active duty; taken to [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]], [[Vallejo, California]], where she converted to a [[radar picke
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...ing smoke and opened up with [[antiaircraft]] fire during the strikes. Her guns splashed one [[Ju-88]] and damaged another German bomber during the first s ...he [[Atlantic Inactive Fleet]] at Orange, Texas. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 2 January 1971 and was sold for scrap on 22
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...at sector, sent up several barrages with her 3-inch, 40- and 20-millimeter guns. ...er target and attacked. The destroyer escort responded by bringing all her guns to bear and fired such a heavy and accurate barrage that the German pilot d
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  ...Lieutenant Junior Grade]] [[David Atkins Brough]] (15 June 1914–1942), a Naval Aviator who was awarded the [[Air Medal]] [[Posthumous recognition|posthumo ...[[torpedo tube]]s, eight 20mm guns, a twin 40 mm and three 3"/5O cal. guns. But as the pattern of warfare shifted from surface to air actions, repeate
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...ed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard (where she was fitted with more anti-aircraft guns). She then sailed, on 30 May, 1945 for an intensive period of operational ...sea infiltration by North Vietnamese and assisted land forces by providing naval gunfire support. She had no periods out of Vietnam service until October w
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...s, including [[Mortar (weapon)|mortars]], [[recoilless rifles]], [[machine guns]], and [[Anti-tank warfare|antitank weapons]]. This represented the largest ''Haverfield'' was decommissioned on 2 June 1969 at [[Pearl Harbor]] Naval Base. On 2 June 1969 she was struck from the [[Navy list]] and on sold for
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  ...-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns<br />8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br />2 x [[depth charge]] tracks ...ttacked the ship, only to be driven off by a heavy [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] barrage. Later that day, ''Wachapreague'' shifted to [[Hinunagan Bay]] fo
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• BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10)
  ...17)]], before becoming ''Francisco Dagohoy''. The ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries for ''Castle Rock'' (see http://www.history.navy.m ...fare. She also carried two twin Mark 1 [[Bofors]] 40&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft guns, four Markk 4 single 20&nbsp;mm [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikon]] cannons,
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• USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)
  |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} ...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 × [[
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...FS /> <br/>• [[Jonathan Wainwright, Jr.]] <br/>• [[Richard Wainwright (naval officer, Civil War)|Richard Wainwright]] ...rporation|New York Shipbuilding]]<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS | author = [[Naval History & Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w1/w
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...uilder=[[William Cramp and Sons]]<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS | author = [[Naval History & Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/ ...way's'' (p. 123) lists eight torpedo tubes; the ''[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm li
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• USS Bangor (PF-16)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}} ...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
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  ...the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries as "Associated Shipbuilding Company" (see http://w ...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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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...s of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...eing 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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• 1-inch Nordenfelt gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]] |manufacturer=Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company
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• AK-630
  | image = [[Image:AK-630 30 mm naval CIWS gun.JPEG|300px|]] The '''AK-630''' is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] fully automatic naval six-barreled 30 mm [[Gatling gun]]. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic
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• AK-230
  ...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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• 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun
  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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• Vickers S
  ...Kimber |location=London |date=1972 |isbn=7183-0362-8 |chapter=10, The 40mm Guns Two underwing guns were fitted to [[Hawker Hurricane|Hawker Hurricane IID]] [[Fighter aircraft
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• 1.1"/75 caliber gun
  |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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• 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
  |name= 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun |caption=''12.7 cm/50 Type 3'' guns seen in a twin gun ''Model B'' turret on the [[Japanese destroyer Sagiri|''
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  ...ng shells were available. But the 13.2 mm Hotchkiss saw extensive use as a naval gun, and was also chosen by the French cavalry for some of its armoured veh ===As a ground-based anti-aircraft weapon===
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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)]]. |type= Naval Gun
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• 3.7 cm SK C/30
  |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] ...was 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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• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
  |name= 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  ...hip}} {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} fires a full [[broadside]] of her 16"/50 Mark 7 guns. |type=Naval gun
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• 20 mm modèle F2 gun
  The '''20 mm modèle F2 gun''' is a naval defence weapon used by the [[French Navy]]. [[Category:Cold War anti-aircraft guns]]
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]] ...orces 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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• 3"/23 caliber gun
  |type= Anti-aircraft Naval Gun ...tes]] [[destroyers]] through [[World War I]] and the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 3 inches (76&nbsp;mm)
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• 3"/50 caliber gun
  |type= Dual-Purpose Naval Gun ...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]]
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
  |type= Anti-Aircraft Naval Gun ...War II]]. The name indicates in US Navy terminology that this piece of [[naval artillery]] fires a 3" projectile (7.62 cm) in diameter and has a caliber l
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• 30 mm Breda-Mauser
  |type=Auto-cannon [[naval gun]] The '''30 mm/82 Compact''' is a naval [[autocannon]] built by [[Alenia Marconi Systems]] and [[Oto Melara|Oto]]-[
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• 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
  ...th short-range missiles, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns or explosives. ...perator console somewhere else on the ship. The "mount is a single cannon naval mount that is gyro stabilized, electrically operated and self contained gun
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• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
  ...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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• 4"/50 caliber gun
  |name= 4"/50 caliber naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  |name=4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun |image=[[Image:Northumberland Naval Gun.jpg|300px]]
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• 4.7 inch QF Mark XII
  ...fired at the new gun muzzle velocity of 2650fps (808m/s).<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'', p48.</ref> The 40 degree elevation was justifie [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• 40 cm/45 Type 94
  |type= Naval gun ...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.
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• 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K)
  |name=45&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) |type=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft cannon]]
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• 5"/25 caliber gun (United States)
  ...5"/38 caliber gun]].<ref name=C137>Campbell 1985 p.137</ref> United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (127&nbs ...an anti-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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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  The '''Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun''' is a [[United States|US]] naval gun. ...el length between the 5"/51 surface-to-surface and the 5"/25 anti-aircraft guns.
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• 5"/51 caliber gun
  ...tes Navy [[battleship]]s built from 1907 through the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (127&nbs ...later battleships and most of the older battleships were rearmed. Surplus guns from scrapped or re-armed battleships were mounted in [[United States Coast
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun
  ...'''5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun''' (127mm) was a late [[World War II]]-era [[naval artillery]] gun mount used by the [[United States Navy]] and [[Japan Mariti [[Category:Naval guns of the United States]]
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun
  ...ries. It consisted of the Mark 18 gun and Mark 42 gun mount. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fires a projectile 5&nbsp;inches (127&nbs ...Mk 42 mount in 1971 for easier maintenance and improved reliability in new naval construction for the [[United States]].<ref>Cooney(1980)p.40</ref>
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• 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]] ...rk 45 mount. It is designed to be used against surface [[warship]]s, for [[anti-aircraft]] use and shore bombardment to support amphibious operations.
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• 57 Mk3
  ...'57 Mk3''' is a 57mm all-target gun that can be used against many types of naval threats. It is fully automatic to reduce manning as well as time-consuming [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns|57 mm]]
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• 7.5 cm L/45 M/16 anti aircraft gun
  ...d weapon was needed. At first attempts were made to buy British and French guns, but both nations needed the weapons themselves because of the ongoing war. A total of 12 production guns were made. Further production was curtailed because of the perceived low ri
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• 76/62mm Allargato
  |type=[[Naval artillery|Naval gun]] ...m ''Allargato'' is a single barrel, medium caliber, dual purpose automatic naval cannon designed and produced in the 1960s by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Defens
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• AK-176
  | type = [[Naval gun]] The '''AK-176''' is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] naval gun mounted in an enclosed turret, that may be used against sea, coastal, a
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• Autocannon
  ...the time, but an autocannon all the same: [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun]] in [[Algeria]], 1943]] ...per minute (Mauser BK-27). Systems with [[Gatling gun#Modern Gatling-style guns|multiple barrels]] can have rates of fire of several thousand rounds per mi
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• BL 18 inch Mk I naval gun
  | type = naval gun ...r ended. All three were removed from service in 1920 and served as proving guns for [[cordite]] tests. Two were scrapped in 1933 and the last one survived
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• BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VII
  |type= [[Naval gun]] ...bres]])<ref name=Handbook1913>HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913</ref>
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• BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VIII
  |type= [[Naval gun]] ...bres]])<ref name=Handbook1913>HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913</ref>
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• BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]] ...rg/doc/pdf/ou6359a.pdf ''O.U. 6359A, Handbook for 6-Inch, B.L., Mark XXIII Guns on Triple, Mark XXII Mounting, 1937''],page 8.</ref>
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...] defence 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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• Bofors 57 mm gun
  |type=[[Naval gun]] The '''Bofors 57 mm gun''' are a series of dual-purpose naval guns, produced and originally designed by [[Bofors|Bofors Defence]] (now a part
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• Breda Model 35
  |image=[[Image:Breda 20-65 anti-aircraft gun in Beijing.jpg|300px]] |caption=A 20/65 Breda anti-aircraft gun in Beijing. This example does not have the predictor sight mounted or t
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• COW 37 mm gun
  ...the duopoly of [[Vickers]] and [[Armstrong-Whitworth]] in producing naval guns. ...co DH4]]s.<ref>http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/37-40mm.htm 37 mm and 40 mm guns in British Service</ref>
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• Close-in weapon system
  A '''close-in weapon system (CIWS)''' is a [[Navy|naval]] shipboard [[point-defense]] weapon for detecting and destroying incoming ...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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• DARDO
  |type= [[Naval gun]] ...stem]] (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
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• Solothurn ST-5
  ...was the design basis for the highly successful [[2 cm FlaK 30]] series of guns used by [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. ...e. The weapon was designated '''20 mm C/30''' and equipped several German naval vessels during World War II. This weapon was further refined for the other
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• GAU-13
  ...orman (1997). ''The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems''. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-268-1. ...''The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet''. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-685-8.
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• GAU-8 Avenger
  ...ger forms the basis for the Dutch-developed [[Goalkeeper CIWS|Goalkeeper]] naval air-defence gun. No current or contemplated aircraft other than the A-10, h {{Modern Gatling Guns}}
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• Gatling gun
  ...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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• Goalkeeper CIWS
  *[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNNeth_30mm_Goalkeeper.htm Naval weapons.com article on the Goalkeeper CIWS.] [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Gyro Rate Unit
  ...ute the gun laying orders and the time fuze setting of the [[anti-aircraft guns]], to hit the target. The HACS marks I through IV depended upon the control ...t accurate at shorter ranges where apparent target motion was highest.<ref>Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, p18.</ref> GRU/GRUB was also used on the The [[Po
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.820
  ...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 ...dely used in a variety of mounts for the anti-aircraft role, especially in naval use. Hispano introduced a number of mountings with a variety of sighting sy
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• Hotchkiss gun
  ...ment up to and including WWII. In WWI the British motor gunboats which won naval supremacy from the Germans on [[Lake Tanganyika]] were armed with the Hotch
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• Kashtan CIWS
  ...u|Каштан}}) (Chestnut) [[Close-in weapon system]] (CIWS) is a modern naval air defence weapon deployed by the [[Russian Navy]]. ...dar or optronic control system, and then engages targets with missiles and guns. The combat modules are typically made up of two [[Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-3
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• List of naval anti-aircraft guns
  ...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 | [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2 pdr Mk II, Mk VIII]] Vickers 2-pounder ''pom-pom''
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• M242 Bushmaster
  #*Used by the U. S. Navy in their Mk38 naval weapon system. ===Naval===<!-- This section is linked from [[USS Peleliu (LHA-5)]] -->
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...ate of 750-850 rpm; this increases to 1,200 rpm or more for AN/M3 aircraft guns fitted with electric or mechanical feed boost mechanisms.<ref>Dunlap, Roy F ...lease to send the bolt forward). Unlike virtually all other modern machine guns, it has no safety (although a sliding safety switch has recently been field
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...s Army]] began to consider new directions for future [[military aircraft]] guns. The higher speeds of [[jet engine|jet-engined]] [[fighter aircraft]] meant ...ct and its subsequent progeny, the very-high-speed Gatling gun, has led to guns of the same configuration being referred to as [[Wiktionary:Vulcan cannon|'
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• MK 101 cannon
  ...an aircraft of the Second World War: Including Helicopters and Missiles'', Naval Institute Press (2002), ISBN 155750010X, 9781557500106, p. 169</ref> An ele [[Category:Aircraft guns]]
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• Mark 15 torpedo
  |periodical = Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute * Destroyers were to attack at once with guns, but reserve torpedoes for use against capital ships.
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• Mark 16/1 triple 6 in /47 Turret
  Each turret carried three [[6 inch /47 gun|6 inch (15.2 cm) /47 Mark 16 guns]] ...{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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• Meroka CIWS
  ..., and floating mines. The weapon is mounted primarily on [[Spain|Spanish]] naval vessels, from [[Frigate]] size and larger. ...such as the [[Nordenfelt gun]] but is more commonly used referring to this naval CIWS defence system.
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• Myriad CIWS
  * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNIT_25mm-80_Myriad.htm Naval Weapons of the World] [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  ...fire 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. ...development 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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• Oerlikon 30 mm twin cannon
  [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon
  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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• Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Revolver Gun System
  |name= Oerlikon Millenium 35mm Naval Revolver Gun System The Oerlikon Millenium 35mm Naval Gun System is a [[Close-in weapon system]].
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  ...tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} ...ns]] (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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• Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
  |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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• Otobreda 76 mm
  |type=[[Naval gun]] ...version known as the [[Otomatic]] was built for the [[SPAAG|self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]] role, although this was not put into production.
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• Phalanx CIWS
  | cartridge = ''Naval'' - [[Armor-piercing shot and shell|Armor-piercing]] [[tungsten]] penetrato ...tween the land and sea based variants is the choice of ammunition. Whereas naval Phalanx systems fire [[tungsten]] [[Armor-piercing shot and shell|armor-pie
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• Pom-Pom Director
  ...culty in aiming the mounting due to the smoke and vibration created by the guns. It was, therefore, essential to aim the mount from a remote location, usin ...e lack of space on these ships to site a Pom-Pom Director.<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WW2''</ref>
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun ...12 x 112 pounds = 1344 pounds, to differentiate it from other "12 pounder" guns.
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• QF 1 pounder pom-pom
  |manufacturer=[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]]<br>[[Vickers|Vickers, Sons & Maxi ...sed by several countries initially as an infantry gun and later as a light anti-aircraft gun.
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• QF 2 pounder naval gun
  {{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} |velocity= 732 m/s, (2,400 ft/s)new gun<ref>Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, p71</ref>
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• QF 3.7 inch AA gun
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  |name=QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun |type=[[Anti-aircraft gun]]
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• QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss
  |type=Naval gun<br>Coast-defence gun<br>Anti-aircraft gun ...odel. Quoted in [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/brassey/b1901o08.htm Brassey's Naval Annual 1901]</ref>
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• QF 4.5 inch Mk I – V naval gun
  ...For the current unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see [[4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun]], manufactured by [[BAE Systems]]. 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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• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV
  |caption=Typical naval deck mounting, 1890s |type=[[Naval gun]]<br>[[Field gun|Medium field gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defe
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• QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval gun
  |type=Naval gun<br>Coast defence gun ...Mark V''' originated as a 120-mm [[Caliber_(artillery)|45 calibres long]] naval gun produced for export by the [[Armstrong Whitworth#Elswick Ordnance Compa
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• QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
  |image=[[File:QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun WWII AWM P00444.155.jpeg]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Heavy [[anti-aircraft gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defence gun]]
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• QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Heavy anti-aircraft gun ....F. MARK XVI* GUNS ON THE H.A. TWIN MARK XIX MOUNTING. |publisher=Historic Naval Ship Association|accessdate=2008-08-25}}</ref>
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• QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun
  | image = [[Image:HMS Sirius guns.jpg|300px]] ...a gun crew could handle easily enough to give the rate of fire needed for anti-aircraft use.
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• QF 6 inch /40 naval gun
  |name= QF 6 inch 40 calibre naval gun<br>''Type 41 6-inch (152 mm)/40-caliber'' |caption=Typical naval deck mounting. This shows an early long cartridge case for [[gunpowder]] pr
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• QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss
  |type=[[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]<br>[[Tank gun]] ...odel. Quoted in [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/brassey/b1901o08.htm Brassey's Naval Annual 1901]</ref>
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• Rheinmetall MK 20 Rh 202
  ...now a subsidiary of Rheinmetall) [[Mauser BK-27|MLG 27]] remote controlled guns of 27 mm calibre. ....de/index.php?fid=1517&lang=3&pdb=1 Specifications and picture of the S 20 naval mount in official website "Rheinmetall Defence - Rheinmetall Waffe Munition
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• Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station
  *Samson Jr. ROWS: for 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm machine guns, weighing 60 - 75 [[kg]]. ...0 [[kg]], similar to that of [[Typhoon Weapon System#Variants|Mini Typhoon naval ROWS and OWS]].
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• Sea Zenith
  ...[[aircraft]], ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating [[naval mine|mine]]s.<br> [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...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 ...RY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958 edition|location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref>
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• Squid (weapon)
  |caption= Squid anti-submarine mortar on display at the [[Devonport Naval Base]] ...British used a 50/50 mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT ([[amatol]]) in [[naval mine]]s and depth charges. This low grade explosive was later improved by t
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• Type 5 15 cm AA Gun
  |name=Type 5 15 centimeter anti-aircraft gun |caption= Type 5 anti-aircraft gun.
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• Type 61 25mm AAA guns
  |used_by=See ''[[Type 61 AAA guns#Users|users]]'' [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
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• Type 730 CIWS
  [[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]] [[Category:Multi-barrel machine guns]]
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• Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
  |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 99 88 mm AA Gun
  |type= [[Anti-aircraft gun]] ...n'''|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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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...1940s with some being modified to carry pod-mounted forward facing machine guns and rocket projectiles.<ref name="ab-others" /> * [[Dutch Naval Aviation Service]]<ref name="ab-others" />
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• Depleted uranium
  ...ology, and both nuclear weapons production and [[Nuclear marine propulsion|naval reactors]] require the concentrated isotope. ..., 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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• John F. Kennedy assassination
  ...s taken to [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]] [[National Naval Medical Center|Naval Hospital]] for an immediate [[autopsy]]. The autopsy (about 8 p.m. to 12 mi ...of President Kennedy performed the night of November 22 at the [[Bethesda Naval Hospital]] led the three examining pathologists to conclude that the bullet
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• Propaganda of the deed
  ...s''" - "hellish machines", usually made with bombs, sometimes only several guns assembled together), were thus legitimized by part of the anarchist movemen * '''June 28, 1988'''. US naval and defense attachée in Greece [[William Nordeen]]'s assassination is rein
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• Combined Task Force 150
  '''Combined Task Force 150''' (CTF-150) is a multinational coalition [[naval]] [[task force]] with logistics facilities at [[Djibouti]] established to m ...eet]], under the Combined Forces Maritime Component Commander/Commander US Naval Forces Central Command in [[Bahrain]].
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• Avro Anson
  ;{{NLD}}: [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]] and [[Dutch Naval Aviation Service]] |guns=<br/>
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• Miles Master
  ...liders at Glider Training Schools. Examples were also operated by the RAFs Anti-aircraft Co-operation units for liaison with army units. ...version of Master I with rear seat removed and six 0.303 Browning machine-guns in the wings.
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