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The 105 mm Howitzer M2A1 was the standard divisional field-piece of the US army during the Second World War. The gun was developed during the 1920s and 1930s and entered production in 1941 and is now known by the designation M101. The
105 mm Howitzer M2A1 fired a 33 lb high-explosive shell to a range of 11200 metres at a muzzle velocity of 472 meters-per-second.
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The 105 mm Howitzer M3 was an American air-borne gun of the Second World War derived from the 105 mm Howitzer M2A1 with a shortened barrel and fitting it to a new carriage. The 105 mm Howitzer M3 fired a 33 lb high-explosive shell to a range of 7585 metres with a muzzle velocity of 311 meters-per-second.
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The 105 mm Recoilless Gun M1968 is an Argentinean anti-tank gun. the 105 mm Recoilless Gun M1968 has a 3000 mm long barrel and a maximum range of 9200 metres and can penetrate 200 mm of armour, with a danger zone to friendly troops of 40 metres behind the gun. The 105 mm Recoilless Gun M1968 is manned by a crew of four and can affect a rate of fire of five rounds per minute.
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The 107mm M38 Mortar was a Soviet mortar produced as a reduced size version of the 120mm M38 Mortar for mountain troop use during the Second World War. The 107mm M38 Mortar had a minimum range of 800 metres and a maximum range of 6300 metres and a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute.
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The 120mm M38 Mortar was a Soviet divisional artillery mortar of the Second World War, later modified as the 120mm M43 Mortar which was still in use during the 1970's. The 120mm M38 Mortar had a minimum range of 460 metres and a maximum range of 5700 metres and a rate of fire of between 12 and 15 rounds per minute.
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The 13 pdr 9 cwt AA Gun was the standard British field anti-aircraft gun of the Great War and comprised a 13-pounder horse artillery gun mounted on a high-angle mounting. The 13 pdr 9 cwt AA Gun was a 3 inch calibre gun and fired a 13 lb shrapnel shell to an effective ceiling of 5790 metres at a muzzle velocity of 655 meters-per-second.
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The 15 cm Howitzer M1915 was a Japanese gun used during the early part of the 20th century until 1936 when it was replaced with a more modern design. The 15 cm Howitzer M1915 fired a 36 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 7600 metres with a muzzle velocity of 345 meters-per-second.
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The 152 mm Howitzer M09/30 was a Soviet howitzer revamped in 1930. The 152 mm Howitzer M09/30 fired a 40 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 9850 metres at a muzzle velocity of 391 meters-per-second.
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The 155 mm Gun M2 (known as 'Long Tom' on account of its long barrel) was an American gun developed in the 1930s from an earlier French 155 mm gun, and used extensively during the Second World War. The 155 mm Gun M2 fired a 42.96 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 23220 metres at a muzzle velocity of 853 meters-per-second.
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The 155 mm Gun Model TR is a French howitzer similar to the Swedish FH-77A howitzer, and first introduced with the French army in 1989 to replace the earlier Model 50 Gun. The 155 mm Gun Model TR fires a 43.25 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 24000 metres with a muzzle velocity of 830 meters-per-second.
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The 155 mm Howitzer M198 is an American 155 mm calibre towed howitzer developed in the 1960s as a replacement for the M114 howitzer. The 155 mm Howitzer M198 fires a 42.91 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 22000 metres with standard ammunition and 30,000 metres with rap ammunition.
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The 155 mm Model 77 Howitzer is an Argentine howitzer comprised of a French 155 mm self-propelled gun Mk F3 removed from its mounting and mounted on a split-trail field carriage. The 155 mm Model 77 Howitzer fires a 43 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 22000 metres at a muzzle velocity of 765 meters-per-second.
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The 155 mm Royal Ordnance LTH (Light Towed Howitzer) is a British howitzer developed for the US army who required a lightweight 155 mm howitzer which could be carried by helicopter. The 155 mm Royal Ordnance LTH was first fired in 1991 and entered service with the US army in 1998. The 155 mm Royal Ordnance LTH fires a 42.91 kg high explosive shell to a range of 24000 metres.
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The 15pdr BLC Field Gun was a British artillery piece adapted from the 19th century 15pdr BL Gun. They were issued to the Territorial Army in 1907 and saw service in France in 1914 during the Great War before being retired as training weapons. The 15pdr BLC Field Gun was a 3 inch calibre weapon and fired a 14 lb shrapnel shell to a range of 5750 yards.
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The 160 mm Mortar M1943 is a Soviet breech-loading mortar developed from the 120mm Mortar M38 and used during the Second World War. The 160 mm Mortar M1943 has a 3030 mm long barrel and fires a 90 lb bomb to a maximum range of 5150 metres with a rate of fire of 3 rounds per minute.
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The 194 mm GPF was a French heavy gun designed by Colonel Filloux in 1917 as an adaptation of the 155 mm GPF. The 194 mm GPF fired a 80.86 kg high explosive shell to a range of 18300 metres with a muzzle velocity of 640 meters-per-second, and remained in service until 1940.
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The 2.5 inch Northover Projector was a British weapon of the Second World War supplied mainly to Home Guard units. It was basically a three foot long smooth bore steel tube on legs which used a black powder charge ignited by a blank revolver cartridge to throw a hand grenade to an effective range of about 275 yards, giving an armour penetration of about 50 mm at 100 metres.
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The 2.75 Inch Mountain Gun was a British mountain artillery weapon principally used on the North West Frontier of India, though some saw action in Mesopotamia during the Great War. The 2.75 inch Mountain Gun was fitted with a two piece barrel which screwed together and fired a 5.67 kg shrapnel shell to a range of 5400 metres.
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The Rheinmetall 20 mm Flak 38 was a German heavy anti-aircraft gun of the Second World War which entered service in 1937. The 20 mm Flak 38 was a recoil operated cannon which took a 20-round magazine and fired with a muzzle velocity of 900 metres per second to an effective ceiling of 2200 metres. The 20 mm Flak 38 was produced on various mountings, the most popular being the four-gun Flakvierling 38 which was originally developed for naval use, but was quickly adopted by the army and air force also.
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The 203 mm Howitzer M1931 was a Soviet heavy gun of the Second World War built in various variants, but most commonly on a tracked carriage derived from an agricultural tractor design. The 203 mm Howitzer M1931 fired a 100 kg shell to a range of 18025 metres with a muzzle velocity of 607 meters-per-second.
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The 21 cm Mrs 18 was a German dual-recoil heavy gun of the Second World War designed by Krupp as a replacement for the Long 21 cm Mortar, and first produced in 1936. The 21 cm Mrs 18 fired a 113 kg high-explosive, concrete-piercing or rocket-assisted shell to a range of 16700 metres with a muzzle velocity of 565 meters-per-second.
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The 240 mm Howitzer M1 was an American heavy gun of the Second World War in service until the 1960s. The 240 mm Howitzer M1 fired a 360 lb high-explosive shell to a range of 23065 metres with a muzzle velocity of 700 meters-per-second.
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The 240mm Mortar M-240 is a Soviet large mortar first seen in public in 1953. The 240mm Mortar M-240 has a 5340 mm long barrel and a maximum range of 9700 metres. The 240mm Mortar M-240 is operated by a detachment of nine and realises a rate of fire of one round per minute.
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The 25-Pounder was a British combined high-velocity gun and howitzer, of the Second World War that evolved from the QF 4.5 inch Howitzer and QF 18pdr field gun. The 25-Pounder was notable for being mounted upon a 360 degree traverse wheel giving improved flexibility in the deserts of the North African campaign early in the Second World War. The 25-Pounder claimed an effective range of 17000 yards as an anti-tank gun and 10000 yards as a howitzer, firing at a higher elevation.
The 2A42 is a Russian 30 mm calibre auto-cannon mounted on BMP-2 and ZSU-30-2 and the Ka-50 helicopter. It is based upon the British Rarden gun and has dual loading for AP and HE ammunition allowing the gunner to switch rounds without unloading and reloading. The 2A42 has a muzzle velocity of 1000 meters-per-second and can pierce 50 mm of armour at 500 metres. The gun has a full range of 4 km.
The 2A46 is a newer version of the Russian 2A26 smooth-bore gun with a redesigned mechanical loader.
The 3 inch Gun M5 was an American anti-tank gun of the Second World War developed in 1940 from an anti-aircraft gun barrel and a 105 mm howitzer carriage. The 3 inch Gun M5 fired a 6.98 kg high-explosive or armour-piercing shell with a muzzle velocity of 792 meters-per-second to a range of 14630 metres and could penetrate 100 mm of armour at 1000 metres.
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The 3 inch M3 was an American anti-aircraft gun developed during the 1920s from a coastal defence gun, being standardised in 1928. The 3 inch M3 fired a 5.84 kg high-explosive shell to an effective ceiling of 8500 metres with a muzzle velocity of 853 meters-per-second.
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The 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun 1918 was a German light anti-tank gun introduced at the end of the Great War in response to the increased use of tanks by the Allies. The 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun 1918 fired a 1 lb armour-piercing high-explosive shell with a muzzle velocity of 435 meters-per-second and an effective range of 300 meters, able to penetrate 15 mm of armour at 200 metres.
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The 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun M3 was an American light anti-tank gun based on the German PaK 35/36 anti-tank gun and produced from 1937 and used during the Second World War. The 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun M3 fired a 870 g armour piercing high-explosive shell to an effective range of 500 yards at a muzzle velocity of 884 meters-per-second and could penetrate 36 mm of armour at 500 yards.
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The 4.2in Mortar M2A1 was an American 107 mm (4.2 inch) calibre mortar developed during the Second World War and normally transported on a two-wheeled hand cart. The 4.2in Mortar M2A1 had a minimum range of 546 metres and a maximum range of 4022 metres with a normal rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute, increasing to 20 rounds per minute for short periods.
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The 4.2in Mortar M30 is an American 107 mm (4.2 inch) calibre mortar originally assigned to the Chemical Corps for firing gas and smoke bombs. The 4.2in Mortar M30 is a rifled, muzzle-loaded drop-fired mortar which fires a spin-stabilised projectile to a maximum range of 6800 meters, depending upon ammunition.
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The 50mm Mortar M8 is a Yugoslavian light mortar similar to the British ML 2 inch Mortar. The 50mm Mortar M8 has a minimum range of 135 metres and a maximum range of 480 metres and a arte of fire of between 25 and 30 rounds per minute.
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The 55mm Recoilless Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher M-55 is a Finnish light anti-tank weapon issued to motorised battalions. The 55mm Recoilless Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher M-55 fires a 2.5 kg grenade to an effective range of 200 metres capable of penetrating 200 mm of armour. The 55mm Recoilless Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher M-55 has a rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute.
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The 57mm Recoilless Rifle Type 36 was a Chinese anti-tank weapon copied from the American M18A1 recoilless rifle. The 57mm Recoilless Rifle Type 36 fired a HE round to a maximum range of 450 metres and could penetrate 63.5 mm of armour.
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The 60mm Mortar M57 is a Yugoslavian light mortar developed from the American M2 mortar. The 60mm Mortar M57 has a minimum range of 75 metres and a maximum range of 1700 metres and a rate of fire of between 25 and 30 rounds per minute.
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The 65 mm Mountain Gun was an Italian mountain artillery weapon introduced in 1913. It could be rapidly dismantled into six pack loads, or could be towed. Replaced in the 1920s it was used by the Italian infantry as a close support gun until the 1940s. The 65 mm Mountain Gun fired a 65 mm calibre 4.3 kg shrapnel shell to a range of 6800 metres.
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The 7.2 inch Howitzer Mark 1, Mark 2, Mark 3 and Mark 4 were British Great War BL 8 inch Howitzers fitted with a new barrel to fire more modern shells upon the outbreak of the Second World War. All the 7.2 inch Howitzers were the same, the Mark simply indicating which type of 8 inch howitzer had been converted, and fired a 200 lb high explosive shell to a range of 15450 metres with a muzzle velocity of 518 meters-per-second.
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The 7.7 cm Ballonkanone was a German 77 mm anti-aircraft gun of the Great War. The 7.7 cm Ballonkanone fired a 7.85 kg shrapnel shell to an effective ceiling of 3050 metres with a muzzle velocity of 485 meters-per-second.
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The 75 mm Type 88 was a widely used Japanese anti-aircraft gun of the Second World War first produced in 1928. The 75 mm Type 88 fired a 14.5 lb high-explosive shell to an effective ceiling of 7160 metres with a muzzle velocity of 720 meters-per-second.
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The 75mm Recoilless Rifle Type 52 was a Chinese anti-tank weapon copied from the American M20 recoilless rifle that could fire either Chinese or American ammunition. The 75mm Recoilless Rifle Type 52 fired a HE or HEAT round to a maximum effective range of 800 metres and could penetrate 228 mm of armour.
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The 76.2 mm Model 1942 was a standard Soviet field gun for part of the Second World War. The 76.2 mm Model 1942 fired a 7.54 kg high-explosive or armour-piercing shell at a muzzle velocity of 740 meters-per-second to an effective range of 2000 metres and could penetrate 108 mm of armour at 1000 metres.
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The 8 inch Howitzer M1 was an American heavy gun of the Second World War comprising a development if the British BL 8 inch Howitzer with the carriage replaced by the same one as used by the American 155 mm Gun M2. The
8 inch Howitzer M1 fired a 200 lb shell to a range of 16925 metres with a muzzle velocity of 595 meters-per-second and remained in service long after the Second World War.
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The 80 cm Gustav was a German heavy railway gun of the Second World War developed to tackle the defences of the Maginot Line, but due to its late completion was used on the Eastern front against Sevastopol and other targets. The 80 cm Gustav fired a 4800 kg high-explosive shell to a range of 47 km at a muzzle velocity of 820 meters-per-second. A second gun was also made, named Dora.
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The Brandt 81 mm Mortar Mle 27/31 was a French mortar designed as an improvement upon the British Great War Stokes mortar, and used during the Second World War. The Brandt 81 mm Mortar Mle 27/31 fired a 3.25 or 6.5 kg bomb to a range of 2850 or 1200 metres depending upon bomb weight.
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The 81mm Mortar M1 was an American mortar. The 81mm Mortar M1 had a 1266 mm long barrel and a maximum range of 3016 metres with a rate of fire of 18 rounds per minute, increasing to 30 rounds per minute for short periods.
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The 81mm Mortar M31 is a Yugoslavian mortar copied from the American 81mm Mortar M1. The 81mm Mortar M31 has a minimum range of 85 metres and a maximum range of 4100 metres and a arte of fire of 20 rounds per minute firing a 3.2 kg or 4.2 kg high explosive bomb.
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The 81mm Mortar M68 is a Yugoslavian mortar with a minimum range of 90 metres and a maximum range of 5000 metres. The 81mm Mortar M68 has a rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute and fires a 3.3 kg high explosive bomb.
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The 82 mm Recoilless Gun M59 was a Czechoslovakian smooth-bore, towed anti-tank gun. The 82 mm Recoilless Gun M59 fired a 6 kg HE or HEAT projectile to an anti-tank range of 1200 metres capable of penetrating 250 mm of armour or an effective HE range of 6657 metres.
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The 82mm M41 Mortar was a Soviet 82 mm calibre mortar of the Second World War designed as an improvement on the M37 Mortar, but found to be less satisfactory. The 82mm M41 Mortar had a minimum range of 100 metres and a maximum range of 2550 metres and a rate of fire of between 15 and 25 rounds per minute.
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The 82mm Recoilless Gun Type 65 was a Chinese anti-tank weapon copied from the Soviet B-10 recoilless gun. The 82mm Recoilless Gun Type 65 had a 1659 mm long barrel and fired with a muzzle velocity of 320 metres per second to an effective anti-tank range of 390 metres capable of penetrating 240 mm of armour. The 82mm Recoilless Gun Type 65 had a rate of fire of 7 rounds per minute.
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The 85 mm M39 was a Soviet anti-aircraft gun first produced in 1939 and still in use in the 1970s. As well as being used as an anti-aircraft gun, the guns were also mounted in AFVs when required, including the SU-85 assault gun. The
85 mm M39 fired a 20 lb high-explosive or anti-tank shell to an effective ceiling of 7620 metres with a muzzle velocity of 800 meters-per-second.
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The 90 mm M1 was an American anti-aircraft gun of the Second World War developed between 1938 and 1941. The 90 mm M1 fired a 10.61 kg high-explosive shell to an effective ceiling of 10300 metres with a muzzle velocity of 823 meters-per-second.
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The 90mm Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher Type 51 was a Chinese copy of the American 3.5in Rocket Launcher. The 90mm Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher Type 51 was 1530 mm long and fired a projectile with a muzzle velocity of 98.6 metres per second to a range of 1200 metres capable of penetrating 267 mm of armour.
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The 9M119 Refleks (AT-11 Sniper) is a Soviet anti-tank guided missile system. The range of the missile is 100 - 4,000 metres and takes 11.7 seconds to reach maximum range. The system is intended to engage tanks fitted with explosive reactive armour as well as low-flying airborne targets such as helicopters, at a range of up to 5 km. The missile system fires either the 9M119 or 9M119M missiles which have semi-automatic laser beam riding guidance and a hollow charge warhead.
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In artillery terms, abbatage is a system of holding a gun carriage firmly in place by the use of wheel brake shoes dropped under the wheels when the gun is brought into action.
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The Aden 25 is a British 25 mm NATO calibre, gas-operated single-barrel cannon fitted to aircraft. The Aden 25 was developed from an improved development of the Aden Mk 4 and has a rate of fire of between 1650 and 1850 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 1050 meters-per-second giving an effective range of 1510 metres.
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The Aden Mk 4 is a British 30 mm calibre, gas-operated single-barrel cannon fitted to aircraft. The Aden Mk 4 was developed during the Second World War from the German Mauser MG213C revolver cannon. The Aden Mk 4 has a rate of fire of 1200 to 1400 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 741 meters-per-second giving an effective range of 1510 metres.
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The AGM-114 (hellfire) is an American laser-guided anti-tank missile. It can be carried by helicopters or ground forces. It has a flight speed of mach 1. 7 and a range of 5 miles.
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The AGM-114A is an anti-tank missile carried by American helicopters. It has a flight speed of 170 m/ s and a maximum range of 7000 metres. It is unusual in being a laser guided missile. Also called the hellfire missile.
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The AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile is a strategic cruise missile with range estimated at up to 1, 500 miles and speed at high subsonic level.
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The AGM-84 (Harpoon) is an American guided anti-ship missile designed for deployment on surface ships, aircraft, submarines and ground-based installations. It has a range of 102 km and a flight speed of mach 0.75. The Harpoon Weapon System consists of the missile, launcher and a Command Launch System (CLS). The CLS can be a stand-alone system such as the Harpoon Shipboard (HSCLCS), Harpoon Aircraft (HACLCS), and the Encapsulated Harpoon Command and Launch Subsystems (EHCLS), or its functions can be integrated into an aircraft, ship or submarine fire control system. The warhead is a 500 pound, blast/fragmentation, high explosive unitary warhead. Delayed fusing is employed to permit warhead penetration of the ship's hull. When Harpoon is launched from ships, ground-based installations and submarines, the turbojet engine starts automatically after booster separation. For air- launched Harpoon, the booster is not used; the turbojet engine fires on command or automatically depending on speed and altitude of the launch
aircraft. Using the MGU and data from the radar altimeter, the missile flies at the optimum height for the prevailing sea state. The radar seeker is initialised at mid-course cruise altitude as it approaches the target. After acquisition, Harpoon immediately descends to the sea skimming altitude. Just prior to impact the missile executes a shallow pop-up or maintains sea skimming into the target.
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The AGM-84E (SLAM) is the imaging infrared (IIR) variant of the AGM-84 (Harpoon) anti-ship missile. It was developed to provide precision strike from long standoff range against land and selective ship targets. SLAM uses many Harpoon components and the same logistics support system to maximise commonality and interoperability.
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The AGS-17 is a Soviet automatic blowback operated 30 mm grenade launcher introduced into service in 1975 and used by infantry companies and mounted on light armoured vehicles and helicopters. The AGS-17 fires 230 mm VOG-17M high explosive fragmentation grenades fed from a 29 round belt at a rate of fire of 65 rounds-per-minute.
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An Air-Gun is a gun in which the projectile is propelled by compressed air. They were first patented in England in 1872 by Giffard. In 1867 Bessemer patented an ordnance to project large shot using compressed air, and in 1866 Zalinski of the USA artillery made a practical gun for throwing dynamite shells which was used during the Cuban war of 1898.
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The AK-630 is a Russian six-barrelled artillery system carried on some ships. The gun fires 30 mm ammunition, high explosive fragmentation incendiaries or fragmentation tracer projectiles. The maximum rate of fire is 5, 000 rounds per minute. The muzzle velocity is 880 metres/second. Range is up to 4,000 metres for low flying anti-ship missiles and 5,000 metres for light surface targets. The gun is equipped with radar and television detection and tracking.
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The Al-Hussayn is an Iraqi army modified Scud missile capable of projecting a smaller payload of about 500 kg a distance of up to 650 km.
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Angel shot was a kind of chain-shot.
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An anti-aircraft gun is a weapon designed for the destruction of aerial craft. They were first developed during the late 19th century for attacking balloons, and were at that time known as balloon guns. The first mobile anti- aircraft gun was produced in Germany in 1906 and consisted of a 5 cm 30- calibre gun mounted on the Erhardt car. It was hand elevated and traversed on a pedestal in the rear of the car so that it could fire through 360 degrees, and had a depression of five degrees and elevation of 70 degrees.
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During the Second World War, Anzio Annie was a German railway gun which shelled the Allied beachhead at Anzio at long range. It was reputed to be kept in a tunnel when not firing so as to preserve it from air attacks.
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The AP/AV 700 is an Italian multiple grenade launcher. The AP/AV 700 takes standard NATO 22 mm rifle grenades on three barrels and fires them to a range of between 100 and 700 metres.
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The GIAT Apilas is the French equivalent of the British LAW 80, a disposable, one-man, shoulder-fired, anti-tank rocket. Apilas has a maximum range of 330 metres and can penetrate more than 720 mm of armour, or two metres of reinforced concrete.
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Armbrust (Crossbow) is a German man-portable, shoulder-fired, recoilless, disposable anti-tank weapon. Armbrust fires a 67 mm calibre HEAT round with a muzzle velocity of 220 metres per second to a range of 300 metres and can penetrate more than 300 mm of armour.
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The Armstrong Gun is a type of cannon named after its inventor, William Armstrong. It is made of wrought-iron spirally-coiled bars so disposed as to bring the metal into the most favourable position for the strain to which it is to be exposed, and occasionally having an inner tube or core of steel, and with a rifled barrel. The size of these guns ranges from the smallest field-piece to pieces of the highest calibre. The projectile is coated with lead, and inserted into a chamber behind the bore. This the explosion drives forward, compressing its soft coating into the grooves, so as to give it a rotary motion, and at the same time obviate windage. Both breech-loading and muzzle-loading Armstrong guns have been made. The Armstrong Gun was invented in the middle of the 19th century.
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ARPAC is a French 68 mm calibre small, highly portable short-range anti-tank rocket launcher. ARPAC is a single-shot disposable weapon and has a range of 50 metres and can penetrate 300 mm of armour at an angle of incidence of 70 degrees.
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An arrow is a missile projected by a bow.
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Artillery refers to missile type weapons.
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The Aspide is an Italian surface-to-air missile using a monopulse seeker with semi-active radar homing. It flies at a supersonic speed of 2.5 Mach and has a range of 14 kilometres. It is armed with a 33 kilogram fragmentation warhead.
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The Astros II is a Brazilian truck-based multiple-rocket launcher capable of firing SS-30, SS-40 and SS-60 rockets. The Astros II is armed with either four, sixteen or thirty-two rocket-launcher tubes and is manned by a crew of three. It has a top speed of 65 kmh and a range of 480 km.
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AT-2 (or Swatter as is its NATO code-name) is the US designation for a Soviet, wire-guided anti-tank missile carried in a quad-mount on BRDM vehicles. The AT-2 has a range of 2500 metres with armour penetration in excess of 400 mm.
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The AT-3 (Sagger) is a Russian 120 mm anti-tank guided missile. It has a flight speed of 120m/s and a range of 3000 metres. The original AT-3 was introduced during the late 1960s and was joystick guided which required a high degree of gunner skill. During the 1970s it was redesigned to optical guidance, whereby the gunner just needs to keep the target in sight.
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The AT-4 is a Swedish lightweight multi-purpose weapon by Bofors. It is a single shot anti-tank rocket with iron sights guidance and a range of about 300 meters, capable of penetrating more than 400 mm of armour. The AT-4 (Spigot) is a Russian 120 mm anti-tank guided missile introduced during the 1970s and supplied to infantry, BMP-1, BMP-2 and BRDM-3 units. It has a maximum range of 2000 metres and a flight speed of 185m/s.
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The AT-5 (Spandrel) is a Russian 130 mm anti-tank guided missile. It is wire- guided and mounted on the BMP-2 and BRDM-3. It has a flight speed of 185m/s and a maximum range of 4000 metres. The AT-5 can penetrate 500 mm of flat steel, 406 mm of sloped steel and 198 mm of composite armour.
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The AT-6 (Spiral) is a Russian anti-tank guided missile designed to be fired from helicopters, and is radio guided. It has a flight speed of 225m/s and can penetrate 600 mm of flat steel, 487 mm of sloped steel and 237 mm of composite armour. The AT-6 has a maximum range of 5000 metres.
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The AT-8 (Songster) is a Russian anti-tank guided missile. It was designed to be fired from the 125 mm smooth-bore gun. It uses radio for guidance from the gunner. The AT-8 has a flight speed of 250m/s and a range of 4000 metres. It can penetrate 550 mm of flat steel and 446 mm of sloped steel armour. The AT-8 Bunker Buster is an American adaptation of their AT-4 anti-tank rocket launcher, for use against fortified targets and for breeching walls. The AT-8 uses the AT-4 disposable tube launcher, pre-loaded with a projectile developed in conjunction with the US Marine Corps. The AT-8 has a range of 250 metres.
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The Ataka is a Soviet anti-tank guided missile with a maximum range of 8 kilometres and a target hit probability of better than 0.96 at ranges from three to six kilometres. The missile has a shaped charge warhead with a tandem charge for penetration of 950 to 1000 mm thick homogeneous armour and also multilayer and explosive armour.
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ATGM is an abbreviation for anti-tank guided missile. Wire guided anti-tank guided missiles were invented by the French in the 1950s, and were a revolutionary anti-tank weapon. The missiles are 'flown' by the gunner to ranges of 3000 or 4000 metres with very high accuracy. The heavier vehicle or tripod launched missiles have HEAT warheads that penetrate two or three times the maximum armour of older main battle tanks -composite and reactive armours are less susceptible to HEAT missiles.
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Atlas was the American inter-continental ballistic missile of the 1950's, phased out in 1965. There were 126 operational Atlas missiles at the time the programme was scrapped, these were liquid-propellant missiles with a top speed of between Mach 26 and Mach 27 and a range of 14500 km.
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The autocannon was a French air defence weapon of the Great War, consisting of a modified 75 mm field gun fitted to a special high-angle mounting and carried on a De Dion Bouton motor lorry. It became the standard anti-aircraft gun in France, used for the defence of forward as well as rear areas and cities, although its use declined as motorised guns became an obsolete method of air defence. A small number were used in London from 1915 and the design was copied in Britain.
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