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  2. 10-inch/40-caliber gun Mark 3 - Wikipedia

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    Effective firing range. 20,000 yd (18,288 m) at 14.5° elevation. The 10"/40 caliber gun Mark 3 (spoken "ten-inch-forty-caliber") was used for the main batteries of the United States Navy 's last generation of armored cruisers, the Tennessee -class. The Mark 3s were the last, and most powerful, 10-inch (254 mm) guns built for the US Navy.

  3. 4.7-inch/50-caliber Mark 3 gun - Wikipedia

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    The Mark 3 was a 48.9 calibers built-up gun designed and built in the United Kingdom for use in the two New Orleans-class protected cruisers that the US Navy had purchased from the United Kingdom before the Spanish–American War. They were based on the British 4.7-inch Gun Mark IV, but a non-standard export model, the standard Mark IV was 40 ...

  4. 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 2 gun - Wikipedia

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    The 16"/50 caliber Mark 2 gun and the near-identical Mark 3 were guns originally designed and built for the United States Navy as the main armament for the South Dakota -class battleships and Lexington -class battlecruisers. The successors to the 16"/45 caliber gun Mark I gun, they were at the time among the heaviest guns built for use as naval ...

  5. Ultimax 100 - Wikipedia

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    472 mm (18.6 in) sight radius [1] The Ultimax 100 is a Singapore -made 5.56mm light machine gun, developed by the Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS, now ST Kinetics) by a team of engineers under the guidance of American firearms designer L. James Sullivan. [1] The weapon is extremely accurate due to its constant-recoil operating system [2 ...

  6. Centurion (tank) - Wikipedia

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    "FV 4004 Self-propelled gun, 120 mm, L1 gun, Mk 3" prototype based on a Centurion Mark 3 hull with a larger calibre 120 mm L1 gun in a turret designed by Auster and made by Chubb of rolled plate. [101] Due to the long recoil of the gun, the gun had to mounted higher up to avoid striking the turret ring and had limited elevation and depression ...

  7. 16-inch/50-caliber M1919 gun - Wikipedia

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    16 in Mark III coastal defense gun on a proof mount at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The second 16-inch (406 mm) gun was the United States Army 50 caliber Model 1919 (M1919). The first of these was deployed to Fort Michie , Great Gull Island , New York on a unique all-around-fire M1917 disappearing carriage, with elevation increased from ...

  8. Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system - Wikipedia

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    The primary component of the Mk 38 is the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster. It is an externally-powered, chain-driven gun. The Bushmaster uses an electric motor to drive the moving parts for ammunition feeding, loading, firing, extraction, and cartridge ejection. [2] The mass of the M242 on the Mark 38 MGS is 109 kg (240 lb).

  9. List of naval guns by caliber - Wikipedia

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    37 mm kan M/98B (Finspång 37 mm naval gun L/39 model 1901) Sweden-Norway. 1900s - Cold War. 38.1 mm (1.50 in) 38 mm kan M/84 (Nordenfelt 1½In fast shooting naval gun L/43 model 1884) Sweden-Norway. 1880s - World War I. 40 mm (1.6 in) 40 mm ubakan m/32 (Bofors 40 mm submarine automatic gun L/43 model 1932)