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...1 and remained through the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Following the war, the title Surgeon's Steward was abolished in favor of [[Apothecary]], a po ...lobbied the Navy administration to take action. With the Spanish-American War looming, Congress passed a bill authorizing establishment of the U.S. Navy

...bombing''' (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) during the Lebanese Civil War, two [[truck bomb]]s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the Un ...War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30

...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==

...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...tactics, maneuvering, and the hundreds of other tasks demanded of a man-o-war.

...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==

...& 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>

|wars= World War II ...avy]] used during World War II. Its design was derived from a German World War I design. It was used on the minelaying-cruiser ''Pluton'', the destroyers

| wars = [[Continuation War]]<br>[[Lapland War]] ...ive 20 mm air defence 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

[[Image:2001gun88mmwiki.jpg|thumb|88 mm display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, 2001]] ...battlefield, making it one of the most recognizable German weapons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.

|wars= First World War, Second World War ...tillery after the ships were broken up, and served during the Second World War.

...[Hispano-Suiza HS.404]] 20 mm cannon used in British aircraft of World War II. It is based (as are the French [[DEFA cannon]] and American [[M39 cannon]] ...o 1,500–1,700 rounds per minute. No new Mk 5s were built, but many older weapons were converted, being redesignated '''Mk 5 Straden'''.

|wars=World War I, World War II ...gun)) 45 caliber) was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.

|wars= [[World War II]] [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]

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

|wars=[[World War II]] ...T 3: Heavy Guns|date=23 September 2007|accessdate=2009-05-22}}</ref> Those weapons captured after the German conquest of Europe were taken into [[Wehrmacht]]

| era=Second World War | wars=Second World War

|wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]] ...e = Argentina - 12"/50 (30.5 cm) Bethlehem | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNARG_12-50_Bethlehem.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | accessdate = 22 Febr

|wars= [[World War II]] ...destroyers ceded to the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Republic of China]] as war reparations, the last of which was scrapped in 1970 after running aground i

|wars= [[Second World War]] ...manufactured by [[Hotchkiss et Cie]] from the late 1920s until [[World War II]] where it saw service with various nation's forces, including Japan where

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...lass]] and [[Leipzig class cruiser|''Leipzig''-class cruisers]]. Oddly, no weapons of this type surplus appear to have been used as coast-defense guns.

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...ps]] and the [[Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier]]. A number of surplus weapons were used as coast-defense guns and eight were adapted to use Army carriage

|wars= World War II ...States of America 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 7 February 2008 | ac

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...gun''' was the main battery gun used on all [[Germany|German]] [[World War II]] [[heavy cruiser]]s.

| wars = [[World War II]] ...t flying at altitudes of 4200 meters<ref>Hogg, ''German Artillery of World War Two''</ref> and lower. The cannon was produced in both towed and self-prop

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

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...ht=20 tonnes<ref name="Campbell">{{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...ht=22 tonnes<ref name="Campbell">{{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...ength|caliber]] guns''' formed the main battery of [[Japan]]'s [[World War II]] [[heavy cruiser]]s. These guns were also mounted on two early [[aircraft

...g armour-piercing projectile :<ref>Tony diGiulian, http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-52_skc28.htm</ref> ...Tony| title = German 28 cm/52 (11") SK C/28 | url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-52_skc28.htm| publisher = Navweaps.com| date = 13 October 2006| ac

...= Tony| title = Netherlands 28 cm/54.5 (11")| url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNNeth_11-545.htm| publisher = Navweaps.com| date = 09 October 2006| access ...ony| title = German 28 cm/54.5 (11") SK C/34 | url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-545_skc34.htm| publisher = Navweaps.com| date = 13 October 2006| a

|wars=[[World War II]] ...cm SK C/33''' was a German [[anti-aircraft gun]] used during [[World War II]] by the [[Kriegsmarine]] on a number of their larger capital ships. It was

|wars=[[World War II]] ...e = United States of America 12"/50 Mark 8 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_12-50_mk8.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | accessdate = 7 January 2009

|wars=[[World War II]] The '''12.8&nbsp;cm FlaK 40''', was a [[Germany|German]] [[World War II]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] gun built as the successor to the

|wars= World War II ...tle = 14"/45 (35.6 cm) Marks 1, 2, 3 and 5 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_14-45_mk1.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 2008-03-27 | access

|wars= [[World War II]] [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]

|wars=[[World War II]]<br>[[Korean War]]<br>[[Vietnam War]]<br>[[Gulf War]] | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm

|wars=[[Second World War]] * {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...gun]]s widely used by various German forces throughout the [[Second World War]]. It was the primary German light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a

|wars= World War I ...[[anti-aircraft]] gun for [[United States]] [[destroyers]] through [[World War I]] and the 1920s. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun f

...ange of 7000 yards at the maximum elevation of 15 degrees. By [[World War II]] these guns were found only on a few Coast Guard cutters and [[Defensively ...ied by submarines, auxiliaries, and merchant ships during the second world war. These guns fired the same {{convert|2700|ft|m}} per second ammunition use

...to protect United States Warships from [[kamikaze]] attacks in [[World War II]]. The name indicates in US Navy terminology that this piece of [[naval ar ...action. <ref> [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3-70_mk37.htm US Naval Weapons, at "NavWeaps" website]</ref> It was an essential improvement over the prev

|wars= [[World War I]] * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_12-45_m1906.htm 305 mm/45 (12") Model 1906 and Model 1906-1910]

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...[[Italy]]'s [[World War I]] [[battleship]]s for service during [[World War II]].<ref name="Breyer"/> The guns were manufactured by boring out and relini

|wars= [[Second World War]] * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_13-50_m1931.htm French 330 mm/50 (13") Model 1931]

|wars= [[First World War]], [[Second World War]] * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_134-45_m1912.htm 340 mm/45 (13.4") Model 1912]

|wars=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cambodian Civil War]] ...s shot down 14,657 Axis planes<ref name="ReferenceA">Shunkov V. N. - ''The Weapons of the Red Army''</ref>. The mean quantity of 37&nbsp;mm ammunition to shoo

...ed in the [[United States]]. It was used by the [[US Army]] in [[World War II]]. | title = Allied Artillery of World War Two

|wars= [[Second World War]], [[Suez Crisis]] * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_15-45_m1935.htm French 380 mm/45 (14.96") Model 1935 ]

|wars=[[Second World War]] * {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=

|wars=[[World War II]] ...enough protection for the guns (''[[Cross-Channel guns in the Second World War|Battery Todt]]'') emplaced on [[Cap-Gris-Nez]] in the [[Pas de Calais]] nea

...irst American shots fired in World War II|first American shot of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941 |wars= [[World War I]] [[World War II]]

...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 ...ird Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945''. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385

|wars=[[Falklands war]] ...rgets since 1938. The current 55-calibre Mark 8 gun replaced the World War II era 45-calibre [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun]]s. Like all British 4.5 in

...uzzle velocity of 2650fps (808m/s).<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'', p48.</ref> The 40 degree elevation was justified on the grounds that [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]

...sed on a license built copy of the Swedish [[Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II]] [[tank]]. Originally, it was intended to be used as an anti-aircraft and Late in the war, the vehicle was issued with the 42M "Kerngranate". This was a rocket gren

|wars= [[World War II]] ...p]]s that were in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

|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.

...n Naval Treaty]] [[cruisers]]. The gun was also mounted on pre-[[World War II]] [[battleship]]s and [[aircraft carrier]]s until replaced by the standard 5"/25 guns removed from pre-war battleships (especially those rebuilt after [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl

|wars= World War II, Korea, Vietnam, First Gulf, Falklands, and wars that involved navies who b ...is limited to 35° elevation,<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_5-38_mk12.htm |title=United States of America 5"/38 (12.7 cm) Mark 12

|wars= World War I, World War II ...yed ashore for coast defense.<ref>Tony DiGiulian, [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_5-51_mk7.htm "United States of America 5"/51 (12.7 cm) Marks 7, 8, 9,

|wars= World War II and Cold War The '''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

...System]] or the [[Mk 160 Gun Computing System]]. Since before [[World War II]], 5" has been the standard gun caliber for U.S. Naval ships. Its rate of * {{sclass|Salih Reis|frigate}}s (MEKO 200 TN II-B)

|wars= [[World War II]] * {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=

| wars = [[Second World War]] ...ired [[torpedo]] used by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during [[World War II]]. It was used in the {{sclass|Hatsuharu|destroyer}}s and in most cruisers,

| wars = [[Winter War]] [[Continuation War]]

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

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

|wars=[[World War II]] ...7''' was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used in the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]

...eavy cruisers.<ref name="Campbell">Campbell, John ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'' Naval Institute Press (1985) ISBN 0-87021-459-4 pp.131&143</ref> ...Friedman | first = Norman| authorlink = | title = Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems | edition = 5th | year = 2006 | publisher = [[Naval I

|wars= [[World War II]]<br/>[[Korean War]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]] * {{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=

|wars=[[World War II]] ...was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]

...mmunition required to shoot down one enemy plane was 598 rounds. After the war some 52-Ks were refitted for peaceful purposes as anti-avalanche guns in a ...ry country behind the [[Iron Curtain]] received this gun after [[World War II]] for their [[air defense]]. In the Soviet Union itself, these guns were la

|wars=[[World War II]] ...was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]

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

|wars=[[World War II]] ...was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the [[Second World War]]. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of [[Czechoslovakia]] in March [[1939]

...red in all for the [[Swedish Army]]. This was a relatively small number of weapons and the standard infantry rifle remained the 6.5&nbsp;mm [[bolt action]] m/ ...never modified to the later Ag m/42B version. The serial numbers of these weapons were between 22000 and 25000 (see Samlarforum.nu). However, in the Netherla

...nderGunIWMApril2008.jpg|thumb|right|[[QF 1 pounder pom-pom|QF 1 pounder Mk II "pom-pom" of 1903]]]] ...by aircraft in air-to-air combat, where the target dwell time is short and weapons are typically operated in brief bursts.

|weight=Mk I : 47 tons barrel & breech<br> Mk II - V 45 tons<ref name=Gunnery1887TableXVI>Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. Table |part_length=Mk I & II : {{convert|301.7|in|m|sigfig=4}} bore (25.14 calibres)<br>Mk III - VII {{c

[[Cross-Channel guns in the Second World War|Two guns]] were also mounted as [[coastal artillery]] near [[Dover]]. A tot * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_14-45_mk7.htm Page from Nav weapons.com]

...1915)|HMS ''Resolution'']] (right gun), are mounted outside the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London. ==World War II ammunition==

An improved weapon, the '''BL 16 inch Mark II''' was designed, but not produced, for the cancelled [[Lion class battleshi *Tony DiGiulian, [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_16-45_mk1.htm British 16"/45 (40.6 cm) Mark I]

...f [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London ...nch Mk I''' was a naval gun used by the British [[Royal Navy]] during both World Wars.

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

|wars=[[Second World War]]<br>[[Korean War]] ...non-anti-aircraft) [[cruiser]]s built from 1930 through the [[second world war]]. It replaced the [[BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun]] used on earlier [[Washi

|name= Ordnance BL 6 inch gun Mks II, III, IV, VI |variants=Mks II, III, IV, VI

|name= Ordnance BL 7.5 inch gun Mk II - Mk V |wars=[[World War I]]

|wars=[[World War II]] ...a]], and three in a battery at [[South Shields]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="Campbell"/>

...[20 mm caliber]] [[autocannon]] used by [[Soviet]] aircraft in [[World War II]]. '''Similar weapons:'''

|wars=[[Second World War]] ...in and elevation speed to follow contemporary aircraft; so simplified Mark II turrets with a maximum elevation of 50 degrees were installed in the ''Norf

...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>

|wars=[[World War I]] ...vy naval and coast defence guns in service from 1881 to the end of [[World War I]]. They were originally designed to use the old gunpowder propellants.

...ng. A leading Swedish steel producer by the early 1870s, it expanded into weapons manufacture when steel produced via the [[Siemens-Martin process]] started ...(UDI) of the [[United States]] acquired Bofors Weapons Systems (the heavy weapons division), while Saab retained the missile interests.

...ovinciën class cruiser|''De Zeven Provincien'' class]], after [[World War II]]. It is still used on the [[Peruvian Navy]] [[cruiser]] [[BAP Almirante Gr [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]

...European armies during [[World War II]], mainly at the early stage of the war. ...ion Tykkitehdas'' - State Artillery Factory) in 1939-41. When the [[Winter War]] began in November 1939, the Finnish Army had 98 guns of the type. The gun

...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

...Italy]]<br>{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{CHN}}<ref>Some were captured during the war and pressed into service [http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/equipar |wars=[[Spanish Civil War]], [[World War II]]

|wars= [[World War II]] ...edium calibre [[naval gun]] of the [[French Navy]] used during [[World War II]]. It was used on the large destroyers (''contre-torpilleurs'') of the [[Fa

...as derived from their original title, the '''Inspectorate of Anti-Aircraft Weapons and Devices''', IAAWD, which was corrupted to Instigator of Anti-Aircraft W ...was developed after the [[Stewart Blacker|Lt-Col Blacker]]'s spigot mortar weapons were shown to the DMWD by [[MD1]] ("Churchill's Toyshop").

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

The Royal Navy, after World War one, became increasingly concerned with the threat posed by aerial attack. ...rate 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 [[Pom-Pom Di

...anti-submarine weapon]] developed by the [[Royal Navy]] during [[World War II]], that was deployed on [[convoy]] escort [[warship]]s such as [[destroyer] ...2.<ref>Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons & Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1977), Volume 12, p.1283, "Hedgehog".</ref>

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

| era=World War II | wars=[[World War II]]</br> [[Winter War]]</br> [[Continuation War]]

| name=Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II | image=[[Image:Landsverk anti-II.JPG|300px]]

{{redirect|M242|the Israeli Jeep derivative|AIL Storm#Storm II}} ...ace it started in 1972 at [[Hughes Aircraft]] as the '''Vehicle Rapid-Fire Weapons System-Successor''', or '''VRFWS-S'''. This was essentially a power-driven

...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

|wars= [[World War II]] ...Browning]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II|last= Bishop|first=Chris |coauthors= |year=2002 |publisher=Friedman/Fairfax

|wars= [[Vietnam War]] At the end of [[World War II]], the [[United States Army]] began to consider new directions for future [

|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

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

20&nbsp;mm machine cannon in side-car mounting was without doubt the weapons system that made the most remarkable contribution{{Citation needed|date=May [[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]]

...|kn}} slower than the [[Mark 14 torpedo]]. 17,000 were produced during the war.{{Ref|Milford1}} At the close of the war, the Mark 13 was considered one of the most reliable air-dropped torpedoes

|wars= [[World War II]] ...Navy]]'s standard submarine-launched anti-ship [[torpedo]] of [[World War II]].

...r, and had longer range and larger warhead. 9,700 were produced during the war.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1592/ustorp1.htm Milford, Frederick ...plagued the Mark 14 for the first 20 months following U.S. entry into the war, though this was not realized nearly as quickly by the destroyer crews as i

...turret''' (3x152 mm) was a feature of many U.S. cruisers during World War II. The {{sclass|Cleveland|cruiser}} from that period had four such turrets. Today one of the few triple gun turrets left in the world is on the [[museum ship]] {{USS|Little Rock|CG-4}}, which is located in the

...pedo''' was an electric torpedo used by the [[US Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...York: Bantam, 1976), p.280.</ref> in particular the [[Mark 2 torpedo|Mark II]], originated in 1941 in collaboration with [[General Electric]] and [[Exid

...ustic homing anti-[[submarine]] [[torpedo]] used during the [[Second World War]] against [[Germany|German]] and [[Japan]]ese submarines. It entered servic ...d for submarine use against surface vessels. It saw service in the Pacific war from the summer of 1944. Lieutenant Commander [[Carter L. Bennett]]'s [[USS

...[submarine]] [[rocket]] used mainly during the [[World War II|Second World War]] by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]{{Fact|date=October 2008}} and the By the end of the war, over 100 Mousetrap Mark 22s were mounted in U.S. Navy ships, including thr

...War]], [[World War II]], [[Chinese Civil War]] , [[Korean War]], [[Vietnam War]] ...in use with the [[Russian Railways]] and remote police forces.<ref>http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg102-e.htm</ref>

...by V. Ya. Nemenov of [[A.E. Nudelman]]'s OKB-16 to replace the [[World War II|wartime]] [[Nudelman-Suranov NS-37]], entering service in 1946. It was 30% ==Comparable Weapons==

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

...as the inspiration for many 20 mm cannon that would be used in [[World War II]] , including the French [[Hispano-Suiza HS.404]] (adopted by the British a The MG FF, like all pre-World War II Oerlikon guns, was an [[Blowback (arms)#API blowback|API blowback]] [[Recoi

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

|variants=Mk I Mk II ...eel shells as the Hotchkiss.<ref>Treatise on ammunition 10th Edition 1915. War Office, UK. Page 404</ref>

...nd some 500 quadruple mountings that saw limited service at the end of the war. These multiple mounts were both trailered and truck mounted. ...e Second World War#United Kingdom Civil Series|History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Civil Series]]) London: [[HMSO]] & Longmans, Green & Co.

...of space on these ships to site a Pom-Pom Director.<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WW2''</ref> ...l anti-aircraft [[Fire-control_system|fire control]]<ref>Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WW2'',p113, 178, 226 and 319. Campbell notes that the first USN tachymet

...er Rebellion]]<br>[[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] ...upright|<center>Mk V gun on a British [[Naval trawler|trawler]], World War II</center>]]

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

{{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} |service=1915–1940s (Mk II)<br>1930–1940s (Mk VIII)

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

...into service on merchant vessels used for auxiliary duties in [[World War II]], or as subcalibre guns for gunnery practice until the 1950s. Early in WWI 47 mm Hotchkiss guns were used during the [[Russo-Japanese war]] and showed inefficiency against Japanese [[torpedo boats]].

...ers that were identical to those used on the 4.5" mountings.<ref>Destroyer Weapons of WW2, Friedman, p96</ref> * '''QF Mark II''': Land service used by the [[British Army]].

|wars=[[Second Boer War]]<br>[[World War I]] |number=1,167<ref>[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_47-40_mk1.htm British 4.7"/40 (12 cm) QF Marks I to IV and Japanese 4.

|wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]] During [[World War I]], the UK acquired 620 <ref name="DiG" /> of a version of the guns manufa

|caption=[[British ordnance terms#HA|HA]] gun in action during [[World War II]] |wars=[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]

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

| variants = Mk I, Mk II ...e of Navweapons]</ref>, it saw extensive service during the [[Second World War]].

|wars= [[Russo-Japanese War]]<br>[[World War I]] ...was known as the '''[[List of British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] 6 inch MK I, II, III''' guns.

{{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]]

...fortification gun, which was used to arm the German [[A7V]] tank in World War I. .... 95 inch bore) version as '''Ordnance QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt''' Mk I, Mk II, Mk III.

...cost of £739 17 shillings 8 pence is quoted in "The British Navy" Volume II, 1882, by Sir Thomas Brassey. Page 38</ref> Mark II in 1866 incorporated the modified "Fraser" design. This was an economy meas

...ber|20 mm]] [[autocannon]] used by the [[Soviet Union]] during [[World War II]]. It was designed by [[Boris Shpitalniy]] and [[Semyon Vladimirov]] and en *[[List of common World War II infantry weapons|List of common WW2 weapons]]

...echanical fuze ammunition per kill, even in late 1944.<ref>Campbell, Naval Weapons of WW2, P106</ref> ...nd remained in use on smaller warships and auxiliaries through [[World War II]]. It may still be used for [[machinegun]]s aboard patrol craft.

|designer= [[Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development]] '''Squid''' was a [[World War II]] [[ship]]-mounted [[anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] [[weapon]]. It

...s part of their training. Instead of having serial numbers the name of the weapons officer is the identifying "serial" mark. Most all the parts are marked wit ...rna Vapenfabriks Aktiebolag|Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB]] during [[World War II]] for civilian marksmanship training.<ref>Jones, p. 76</ref>

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[[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]] [[Category:Japanese World War II weapons]]

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...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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|wars= [[World War II]] ...It was used in the [[naval battle]] of carrier task forces in [[World War II]].

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'''Type 2''' was a Japanese Navy [[autocannon]] used during [[World War II]]. It was a scaled-up version of the 20&nbsp;mm [[Oerlikon FF]] cannon. [[Category:Japanese World War II weapons]]

[[Category:World War II anti-aircraft guns]] [[Category:Japanese World War II weapons]]

...ched [[torpedo]] used by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] during [[World War II]]. It was {{Convert|23|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} in length and 21&nbsp;inches (53 [[Category:Japanese World War II weapons]]

...outside U.S. Navy headquarters in [[Washington, D.C.]], during [[World War II]]. | wars = [[Second World War]]

...time. Some have claimed this to be the best torpedo of the [[Second World War]].{{Who|date=July 2009}} *[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTJAP_WWII.htm A page with many statistics on Japanese WWII torpedoes.]

|wars=[[World War II]] ...45 degrees elevation with HE shell<ref>''Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War''</ref>

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

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...nd served as their standard [[aircraft]] [[autocannon]] during [[World War II]]. ...lyingGuns">Anthony G. Williams and Emmanuel Gustin ''Flying Guns World War II'', Airlife UK 2003</ref><ref name="Mikesh">Robert C. Mikesh, ''Japanese Air

...defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, deve |author= World Health Organization

...China and founded the Yuan Dynasty, they used the Chinese gunpowder-based weapons technology in their invasion of Japan. Chinese also used gunpowder to fuel ...Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World'', Perseus Books Group: 2005, ISBN :0465037224, 9780465037223: 272 pages</r

OA was first used after [[World War II]] by the US [[Rail transport|railroad industry]] to monitor the health of l By 1955 OA had matured to the point that the United States [[Bureau of Naval Weapons]] began a major research program to adopt wear metal analysis for use in ai

...the [[Yayoi period]] from about 300&nbsp;BC to 300&nbsp;AD, iron tools and weapons such as knives, axes, swords or spears, were introduced to Japan from Korea ..., and around the mid-Kofun period swords evolved from thrusting to cutting weapons.<ref name="nagayama-p12"/><ref name="nagayama-p12"/> Ancient swords were al

..., infrastructure, tools, ships, [[automobile]]s, machines, appliances, and weapons. Modern steel is generally identified by various grades defined by assorted ...tate University |accessdate=2007-08-14}}</ref> In the 4th century BC steel weapons like the [[Falcata]] were produced in the [[Iberian Peninsula]], while [[No

...element production.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Iron and Nickel Abundances in H~II Regions and Supernova Remnants|date = June 14, 1995|url = http://www.aas.or ...= Two earth years of Mössbauer studies of the surface of Mars with MIMOS II | year = 2007 | last1 = Klingelhöfer | first1 = G. | last2 = Morris | firs

...Lloyd Hall]]. Ethylene oxide achieved industrial importance during [[World War I]] as a precursor to both the coolant [[ethylene glycol]] and the [[chemic ...e with [[titanium trichloride]] (the reducing agent is actually [[Titanium(II) chloride|titanium dichloride]], formed by the reaction between LiAlH<sub>4

...ed in 2000 and is designed to compensate individuals who worked in nuclear weapons production and as a result of occupational exposures contracted certain ill ...sure to beryllium, ionizing radiation, and other hazards unique to nuclear weapons production and testing. Too often, these workers were neither adequately pr

...ccurrence of arsenic in drinking water is problematic in some parts of the world. [[Image:World Arsenic Production 2006.svg‎|thumb|250px|Arsenic output in 2006<ref name=

...155}}</ref> About two-fifths of the chromite ores and concentrates in the world are produced in [[South Africa]], while [[Kazakhstan]], [[India]], [[Russia ....</ref></small><ref name="Schmidt">{{cite book|title = Anorganische Chemie II.|chapter = VI. Nebengruppe|pages = 119–127|first = Max|last = Schmidt|pub

...]]s and fluorescent material for [[fluorescent light]]s during [[World War II]] caused the production of beryllium to soar. ...from mines and smelters in the [[United States of America]]. By 2008, the world's production of beryllium had decreased somewhat, to about 200 tonnes, of w

...accessdate=2009-07-13|date=June 2002|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fire/world.html}}</ref> Wildfires can cause extensive damage, both to property and hum ..., and mechanical land clearing and burning operations during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Karki, 4.</ref>

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...ntown Anniston, until the furnace was destroyed by [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops in 1865. Later, clay pipe for sewer systems became the focu In 1865, at the end of the Civil War, Union Troops near the furnace wrongfully hanged one of the few residents.

...uilding by explosion, maliciously endangering life, and carrying concealed weapons in violation of New York State's [[Sullivan Act|Sullivan Law]]. Following [[World War I]], Metesky joined the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]], servin

...Terrorism may be a tactic in a war between [[nation-state]]s, in a [[civil war]], or in an [[insurgency]]. | postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref> [[Sri Lankan Civil War]],<ref name =UNHCHR-1994>{{cite web

...the only enterprise involving violence and the threat of violence. So does war, coercive diplomacy, and bar room brawls".<ref name=Record-p6-fn11>Record, ...of the political over the legal value of terrorism is costly, leaving the war against terrorism selective, incomplete and ineffective." <ref>Sami Zeidan,

Some definitions also include acts of [[Law|unlawful]] violence and war. The history of terrorist organizations suggests that they do not select te ...icstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub207.pdf |title=Bounding the Global War on Terrorism |last=Record |first=Jeffrey |date=December 2003 |publisher=[[

...s.<ref>[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Focus/GH12Dh02.html Dogs of war can be friend or foe] August 12, 2005. [[The Standard]] (originally from [[ ...stinian man was captured by the soldiers.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/06/17/mideast.02/index.html Fragile Mideast cease-fire endures anothe

|area = [[World|Global]] ...slam|Sunni]] [[Muslim]] movement calling for global [[Jihad]]. Most of the world considers it a [[terrorist]] organization.<ref>1st paragraph, p. x, ''The D

...lank check and the determination on whether the President has such Article II power calls for a balancing test which requires knowing what the surveillan ...context of repeated stances by the Administration on expansion of Article II power, frequently at the expense of Congress's Article I authority. There a

..." and "never get a chance to speak again."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4972184.stm Judge hits back in Moussaoui spat.] ''BBC News'' (2006 ...%22&f=false ''Al-Qaeda: in search of the terror network that threatens the world'', p. 276, Jane Corbin, Nation Books, 2003, ISBN 1560255234, 9781560255239,

...e]]''/</ref> By that time Hassoun had already been charged with perjury, a weapons offense, and other offenses. ...s sharing common ideals and tactics, "with which the United States is at [[war]]";

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...ed in order to avoid revelations of serious violations of the [[Biological Weapons Convention]]. ...hilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World - Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran it]].'' 1999. Delta (2000) ISBN 0-385

...ldlife such as [[elephant]]s and [[lion]]s in certain endemic areas of the world. ...eveloped but never used as a [[biological weapon]] during the Second World War, is much more dangerous. The ''Vollum'' (also incorrectly referred to as ''

| area_served = [[World]]wide ...in 1968, organized protests against the company to persuade it to abandon weapons production <ref>State ex rel. Pillsbury v. Honeywell, Inc., Minnesota Supre

...ration and testing apparatus built between 1972 and 1980 during the [[Cold War]] at [[Sandia National Laboratories]] near [[Kirtland Air Force Base]] in [ ...de nuclear explosion]] (HANE) of the type expected during a global nuclear war, and a giant wooden [[trestle]] built in a bowl-shaped [[Arroyo (creek)|arr