• Thumbnail for Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System
    Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System (Mk.56 GFCS) is a gun fire-control system made up of AN/SPG-35 radar tracker and the Mark 42 ballistic computer. The directional...
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    Ship gun fire-control systems (GFCS) are analogue fire-control systems that were used aboard naval warships prior to modern electronic computerized systems...
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    Mark 63 Gun Fire Control System (Mk.63 GFCS) is a gun fire-control system made up of AN/SPG-34 radar tracker and the Mark 29 gun sight. They were usually...
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    either the Mk 86 Gun Fire Control System or the Mk 34 Gun Weapon System. Since before World War II, 5 inches (127 mm) has been the standard gun caliber for...
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    up-to-date Mark 160 Fire Control System was used to guide the fire of the Iowa-class battleship Mark 7 guns. The Mark 7 gun was a built-up gun and was constructed...
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    early main battery fire control consisted of the Fire Control Tower, two Mark 38 Gun Fire Control Systems (GFCS), and fire control equipment located in...
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    gun produced by Bell Labs M9B1 M10 gun director electrical for use with 120 mm M1 gun Mark 1 MK 51 Fire Control System Mark 56 Mark 57 Mark 58 Mark 59...
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    The Stoner 63 is a 5.56×45mm NATO modular weapon system. Using a variety of modular components, it can be configured as an assault rifle, carbine, top-fed...
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    The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 40 mm (1.6 in) British autocannon...
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    formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun manufactured by FN Herstal...
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  • AN/SPG-34 Tracking radar for Mark 63 Gun Fire Control System. AN/SPG-35 Tracking radar for Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System. AN/SPG-49 Illumination and...
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    with Mark 8 fire control radar to direct the 16-inch guns and a quartet of Mk 37 gun fire control systems with Mark 12 fire control radar and Mark 22 height...
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    The M1128 mobile gun system (MGS) is an eight-wheeled assault gun of the Stryker family, mounting a 105 mm tank gun, based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored...
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    components, such as the L7 gun of the Centurion, the Leyland L60 multi-fuel engine, the transmission and fire control system of the Chieftain. Many copied...
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  • Thumbnail for 16-inch/45-caliber Mark 6 gun
    The 16"/45-caliber Mark 6 gun is a naval gun designed in 1936 by the United States Navy for their Treaty battleships. It was introduced in 1941 aboard...
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    AH-56 Cheyenne is an attack helicopter developed by Lockheed for the United States Army. It rose from the Army's Advanced Aerial Fire Support System (AAFSS)...
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    Light Support Weapon firing the 5.56×45mm NATO round, leaving the Bren gun in use only as a pintle mount on some vehicles. The Bren gun was manufactured by...
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    Gun politics in the United States is characterized by two primary opposing ideologies regarding private firearm ownership. Advocates of gun control support...
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  • Thumbnail for Vickers machine gun
    Company of the Machine Gun Corps fired their ten Vickers guns to deliver sustained fire for twelve hours. Using 100 barrels, they fired a million rounds without...
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    Ultimax 100 (category 5.56×45mm NATO machine guns)
    1989) to test fire the gun, elaborated: This article began by praising the Ultimax for its ease of control, which allows accurate fire. A comment to the...
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    The M8 armored gun system (AGS), sometimes known as the Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed...
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    the four guns of a battery, allowing for coordinated fire. Indeed, with the automatic loading system, the gun layers' job was to keep the gun barrel trained...
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    of firing a 3.5 in × 23.6 in (90 mm × 600 mm) shell 62,474 ft (19,042 m) horizontally, or a maximum altitude of 43,500 ft (13,300 m). The 90 mm gun was...
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    magazine spigot on the body of the gun. Mark II*. An improved Mk II with an increased rate of fire introduced in 1918. Mark III. A further upgrade of the Mk...
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    were used: Mark I: twin mounting based on American design and using American-built guns, not widely fitted. Fitted for remote fire control. Mark II: quadruple...
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    Sten (redirect from Sten gun)
    The STEN (or Sten gun) is a British submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm which was used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War...
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  • MG 42 (redirect from M53 machine gun)
    other common machine guns like the M1919 Browning, FM 24/29, or Bren gun. This made it extremely effective in providing suppressive fire. Its unique sound...
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  • Gun laws and policies, collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification...
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  • Torpedo Mark 54 Torpedo Mark 56 GFCS Mark 63 GFCS Mk 74 FCS Mk 75 Oto Melara 76mm Compact Gun Mk 68 GFCS Mk 72 Mod 0 sonar system Mk 84 sonar system Mk 86...
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    machine-guns or fast cannons, which can often be deadly to low-flying aircraft if linked to a radar-directed fire-control system radar-controlled cannon...
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