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|Ship fate=Irreparably damaged by German aircraft on 11 April 1944 ...destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Lieutenant (junior grade) [[Randolph Mitchell Holder]] (a nava

...s|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided == World War II North Atlantic operations==

...ass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer == World War II North Atlantic operations==

...s|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided == World War II North Atlantic operations==

...s|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided ...[Silver Star]] for his heroic actions during the early months of World War II. She was laid down by [[Consolidated Steel]] Corporation of [[Orange, Texas

...gainst [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was converted and served the Navy as a weather ship and then as a radar == World War II North Atlantic operations==

...gainst [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post war, she served in various capacities before being finally decommissioned. == World War II North Atlantic operations==

...destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==

...s|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi == World War II North Atlantic operations==

...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==

...the ships participated in [[Operation Dragoon]] and two were attacked by [[German missiles of WW2|guided missile]]s used by the Germans. ...E-401)|DE-401 USS ''Holder'']] - damaged April 11, 1944 off [[Algiers]] by German aircraft

...& Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm | title = Porter | short = on | accessdate = 23 April 2009 }}</ref><br> ...an Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm link]) reports, without explanation, four.</ref>

...) /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 ...had become the center of an international incident at the beginning of the war, and was later sunk by a [[U-boat]].

...in the dangerous North [[Atlantic Ocean]], but returned home safely after war’s end. ==World War II operations ==

...h loss of all crew members; it was later determined she had been sunk by a German [[submarine]]. == World War II service ==

...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 ''Bangor'' returned to the United States with another convoy. A German [[U-boat]] attacked the Allied ships two days out of Oran. ''Bangor'' joine

| wars = [[Continuation War]]<br>[[Lapland War]] ...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

[[Image:2001gun88mmwiki.jpg|thumb|88 mm display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, 2001]] ...s of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.

...rench [[DEFA cannon]] and American [[M39 cannon]]) on the mechanism of the German [[Mauser MG 213]]C, an experimental [[revolver cannon]] designed for the '' [[Category:Aircraft guns]]

|wars= Second World War ...ocannon]] designed by the French firm of Hotchkiss. It served in World War II with French, Japanese and other nations' forces. Other than the designer co

|image=[[File:German gun from SMS Bremse - geograph.org.uk - 118942.jpg|300px]] |wars=World War I, World War II

| wars = [[World War II]] ...mm|abbr=on}} [[autocannon]] used on [[Soviet]] aircraft during [[World War II]].

|wars=[[World War II]] ...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

...sian Civil War|Russian Civil War]]<br>[[Greco-Turkish War]]<br>[[World War II]] ''As coastal artillery'' [[Image:USS Delaware Mark 5s.jpg|left|thumb|After six Mark 5 guns aboard [[USS Delaware (BB-28)|USS ''Delaware'']], circa 1913.]]

|caption=15 cm SK C/25 in Drh LC/35 turret on [[German cruiser Nürnberg|''Nürnberg'']] |wars=[[Second World War]]

...t from [[German warship Gneisenau (1936)|Gneisenau]] used as coast-defense guns in [[Denmark]] |wars=[[Second World War]]

...seen aboard ''Admiral Hipper'' was the standard mounting of 20 cm SK C/34 guns. |wars=[[Second World War]]

| wars = [[World War II]] ...nnon fell into gradual disuse, being replaced by existing 40-mm [[Bofors]] guns, and later, 35-mm anti-aircraft pieces produced by [[Switzerland]].

|wars=[[Second World War]] .... It was superseded by the fully-automatic [[3.7 cm Flak M43]] late in the war.

|image=[[Image:Colbert-1-Main guns.jpg|200px|]] |caption=Main guns of the [[French cruiser Colbert (1928)|''Colbert'']]

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...rrier]]s.<ref name="Campbell"/> The typical installation was ten 20 cm/50 guns; although [[Tone class cruiser|''Tone'']] class cruisers carried eight whil

...; the only German autocannon to actually see service in the air during the war. ...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

The German '''28&nbsp;cm C/28 naval gun''' was a 283&nbsp;mm 52-[[Caliber#Caliber as m ...<center>Adolf Hitler and other senior German staff below the aft guns of [[German pocket battleship Deutschland|''Deutschland'']] in April 1934</center>]]

The German '''28 cm C/34 naval gun''' was a 283 mm 54.5-[[Caliber#Caliber as measureme ...tra and mounted on Fjell festning.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<center>Gun from [[German warship Gneisenau (1936)|''Gneisenau'']] being unloaded in Bergen, Norway,

|wars=[[World War II]] [[Image:German 105 mm Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Two views of a Flak

|image=[[Image:German 12.8 cm Flak 40 - static mount.jpg|300px]] |wars=[[World War II]]

...mounting of 203 cm/53 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] guns. |wars=[[Second World War]]

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...ious German forces throughout the [[Second World War]]. It was the primary German light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a variety of models, notably th

|wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]] ...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

|wars=[[World War II]] ...nshtadt''-class]] battlecruisers, however they were never delivered. Spare guns were used as [[coastal artillery]] in [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] and [[France]

...ti-tank gun]] issued to German [[Luftwaffe|airborne units]] in [[World War II]]. This gun was externally similar to the [[PaK 36]], and used a modified v ...ncyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945''. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3

|wars=[[Second World War]], [[Cold War]] ...' gun from 1942—3. It was used in [[World War II]] and during the [[Cold War]] as the Soviets exported their WWII-era ships to their friends and allies.

|era=[[World War I]] - [[World War II]] |wars= [[World War II]]

|era=[[World War II]] |wars= [[World War II]]

|wars=[[World War II]] ...//www.jaegerplatoon.net/AA_GUNS3.htm|title=ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS PART 3: Heavy Guns|date=23 September 2007|accessdate=2009-05-22}}</ref> Twelve were in Luftwaf

|wars= [[World War II]]<br/>[[Korean War]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]] These simplified built-up guns eliminated hoops to reduce weight to 17 tons. The breech mechanism was sim

|wars=[[World War II]] ...><ref name=k>Kliment and Nakládal, p. 124</ref> One hundred seven were in German service in August 1943, declining to twenty by October 1944.<ref>Gander and

...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.

|wars=[[World War II]] ...gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]] were taken into [[Wehrma

|era=WW II |wars=[[World War II|Second World War]]

|wars=[[World War II]] ...roce 1938|date=24 March 2005|accessdate=2009-05-23}}</ref> Twelve were in German service between August 1943 and June 1944.<ref>Gander and Chamberlain, p. 1

...nderGunIWMApril2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...jpg|thumb|An [[Mauser BK-27|MLG 27]] remote controlled autocannon of the [[German Navy]]]]

|caption=Aft guns of [[HMS Emperor of India (1913)|HMS ''Emperor of India'']] |wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]

...smarck'' in 1941, and [[HMS Duke of York (17)|''Duke of York'']] engaged [[German warship Scharnhorst (1936)|''Scharnhorst'']] in the [[Battle of North Cape] ...] were also mounted as [[coastal artillery]] near [[Dover]]. A total of 78 guns were made.

...(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>]]

| wars = [[World War I]] ...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

...bres]])<ref name=Handbook1913>HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913</ref> ...ordite MD size 16 propellant. HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913.</ref>

|caption=On Mk II carriage, Reninghelst, [[Flanders]], 15 June 1916 |wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]]

|wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]] ...oz cordite MD size 19 propellant was the figure used in range tables. New guns were quoted with a muzzle velocity of 2,845 feet per second. Handbook, 1917

|name= Ordnance BL 7.5 inch gun Mk II - Mk V |image=[[File:BL 7.5 inch Mk V guns for HMS Shannon Vickers Works LOC ggbain 19618.jpg|300px]]

|caption=Mk VIII guns in X and Y Mk I turrets aboard {{HMS|Kent|54|6}} |wars=[[Second World War]]

...has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] ...f Munitions 1922, Volume X, Part 1, page 73. Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press 2008. ISBN 1 847348 84 X</ref>

...European armies during [[World War II]], mainly at the early stage of the war. ...its returning to their homeland brought with them a few Swedish model 1938 guns.

...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] ...during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as

...o 34''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] anti-aircraft gun used during [[World War II]]. The designation means it had a caliber of 75 mm, the barrel was 46 calib In German use it was renamed '''7.5-cm Flak 264/3(i)'''.

...f the most successful anti-aircraft guns to see service during [[World War II]]. It was used both in an anti-aircraft role and as an anti-tank gun. The d ...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

...cessful [[2 cm FlaK 30]] series of guns used by [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. ...at the time was prohibited from developing certain weapons. It and other German manufacturers sought partnerships with foreign firms, often owning them out

|wars= [[Second World War]] [[Category:Anti-aircraft guns of Germany]]

|wars=World War II |wars=World War II, Korean War

...r on Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) ..."Ma Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John Browning's e

...Armory]], based on the [[World War II]]–era design of the [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Mauser MG 213]], a 20&nbsp;mm (and 30&nbsp;mm) cannon developed for the ...Voodoo]], and the [[F-5 Freedom Fighter]]. Current models of the F-5 Tiger II still use the '''M39A2''' version of this weapon.

|wars= [[Vietnam War]] ...y difficult without a much higher volume of fire. While captured [[Germany|German]] designs (principally the [[Mauser MG 213|Mauser MG 213C]]) showed the pot

|wars= World War II |wars= World War II

|wars= [[World War II]] ...German [[Luftwaffe]], particularly during the early stages of [[World War II]], although from 1941 onwards it was gradually replaced by the 20&nbsp;mm [

|wars=[[World War II]] ...annon]] used in [[Nazi Germany|German]] combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Although accurate and powerful, with a high muzzle velocity, it was very

...autocannon]] that was mounted in German combat aircraft during [[World War II]]. Intended to be a dual purpose weapon for anti-tank and air-to-air fighti ...103 cannons, one apiece mounted in a gondola under each wing. Later in the war the MK 103 was also used as a ground-based anti-aircraft (AA) weapon, using

|wars=[[World War II]] ...[[autocannon]] manufactured in [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] during [[World War II]] by [[Rheinmetall]]-[[August Borsig|Borsig]] for use in [[aircraft]].

|wars=[[World War II]] |design_date=[[World War I]]

...g the French [[Hispano-Suiza HS.404]] (adopted by the British and US), the German [[MG FF cannon|MG FF]], and the Japanese [[Type 99 cannon]]. ...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.

{{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder |wars=World War II

...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 ...nd smaller ships that carried Pom-Pom guns continued to rely on aiming the guns by the gun's crew due to the lack of space on these ships to site a Pom-Pom

|name= QF 1 pdr Mark I & II ("pom-pom") |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London

|wars= [[World War II]] ...ly larger calibre of 94&nbsp;mm. It remained in use after the war until AA guns were replaced by [[guided missile]]s in the late 1950s.

|caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]]

|wars=[[Second Boer War]]<br>[[World War I]] |variants=Mark I, II, III, IV, VI

|wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] ...d not adopt the gun, but several were adopted by the army as coast defence guns around the United Kingdom from 1900 onwards<ref Name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page1

|name= Ordnance QF 4-inch gun Mk I, II, III |wars= [[World War I]]

| image = [[Image:HMS Sirius guns.jpg|300px]] | variants = Mk I, Mk II

{{otheruses4|the 1880s Hotchkiss gun|the World War II anti-tank and Molins Class M gun|Ordnance QF 6 pounder}} ...]<br>[[Russian Civil War]],<br>[[Second Sino-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War II]]<br>[[Cod Wars]]

|manufacturer=Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company<br>[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]] ...fortification gun, which was used to arm the German [[A7V]] tank in World War I.

...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

|used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]][[Imperial Japanese |wars= [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War II]]

...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''

|used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]] [[Imperial Japanese ...[[Second Sino-Japanese War]], [[Soviet-Japanese Border Wars]], [[World War II]]

|used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]] [[Imperial Japanese |wars= [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]

|wars=[[World War II]] ...aw combat in [[Nomonhan]]. It was used until the end of the [[Second World War]].

|used_by=[[Image:War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg|22x20px|border]][[Imperial Japanese |wars= [[World War II]]

...litary forces used gunpowder-based weapons technology (i.e. [[rocket]]s, [[guns]], [[cannons]]), and [[explosives]] (i.e. [[grenades]] and different types ...y challenged, was that the [[China|Chinese]] solely invented gunpowder and guns. However, deeper academic inquiry, superior communications technology and a

...y. Tens of thousands of blacks moved to the North during and after [[World War I]] in the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]], unsettli ...with the arming of blacks to raise fears among whites of an impending race war in the South.

...quote> According to some analysts, in [[History of Germany since 1945|post-war Germany]], the prohibition of the [[Communist Party of Germany|Communist Pa For the German anarchist [[Gustav Landauer]] "propaganda of the deed" meant the creation o

...ls. Multiple-gun CRTs (up to ten guns) were made in past decades. With ten guns, the envelope (bulb) was cylindrical throughout its length. After [[World War II]] surplus electronic parts became the basis of revival of [[Heathkit#Foundi

...other air forces before, during, and after the [[World War II|Second World War]]. ...lying boat]]s. However, by the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]], the Anson was soon found to have become obsolete in front line combat ro