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The list of naval weapon systems aims to provide reference about weapons mounted on surface combatant warships, and smaller craft and submarines found throughout the history of naval warfare. The list is sorted alpha-numerically by system service designation (i.e. Mk 15), or issue name if designation is unknown: NB: As this is an English ...
The first plan for a sea mine in the West was by Ralph Rabbards, who presented his design to Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1574. [7] The Dutch inventor Cornelius Drebbel was employed in the Office of Ordnance by King Charles I of England to make weapons, including the failed "floating petard". [ 9 ]
Pages in category "World War I naval weapons" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The first naval SAM system was not developed until the late 1960s. This was in the form of the HQ-61 SAM, originally a short-range land based system. The first PLAN ship to be armed with SAM was the Type 053K frigate Jiangdong, launched in 1970. However it took many years for the design to mature and the obsolete system was never ideal for ...
Pages in category "Naval weapons" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Affordable Weapon System; C.
The cannon shot (c. 1680), by Willem van de Velde the Younger. The 16th century was an era of transition in naval warfare. Since ancient times, war at sea had been fought much like that on land: with melee weapons and bows and arrows, but on floating wooden platforms rather than battlefields.
Portable anti-materiel weapons AT4: 84mm: Anti-tank weapon Sweden: M3 MAAWS: 84x246mm R: Anti-tank recoilless rifle Sweden: FGM-148 Javelin: 127mm Fire-and-forget anti-tank missile United States: FIM-92 Stinger: 70mm: S.A.M. United States: Gatling guns Mk 25 Mod 0 Minigun: 7.62x51mm NATO: six-barrel Gatling gun United States
The cutlass remained an official weapon in the United States Navy until it was stricken from the Navy's active inventory in 1949. The cutlass was seldom used for weapons training after the early 1930s. The last new model of cutlass adopted by the US Navy was the US M1917 cutlass, adopted during World War I; it was based on the Dutch M1898 klewang.