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    The Gun Carrier Mark I was a British vehicle of the First World War. The gun carrier was designed to transport a 6-inch howitzer or a 60-pounder gun forward...
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    The Universal Carrier, also known as the Bren Gun Carrier and sometimes simply the Bren Carrier from the light machine gun armament, is a common name describing...
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    AA gun United Kingdom Emplacement Destroyer No. 1, 1A, 2 & 3 * Gun Carrier Mark I - carrier based on Mark I tank for 6-inch howitzer or 60-pdr gun. Peerless...
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    headaches. In the summer of 1917, at the same time as another 'carrier' tank, the Gun Carrier Mark I, was under development, Lieutenant G.J. Rackham was ordered...
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    6-pounder QF, three Hotchkiss Machine Guns The Gun Carrier Mark I was a separate design, intended to carry a field gun or howitzer that could be fired from...
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    55 calibre-long barrel. Ships with 4.5 inch guns QF Mark I in twin mounting UD Mark III aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal Dido-class cruisers HMS Scylla...
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    is difficult. The British Gun Carrier Mark I was the first example of a self-propelled gun, fielded in 1917 during World War I. It was based on the first...
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    was effectively a new weapon. The gun was one of two types that could be carried by the tracked Gun Carrier Mark I. After the First World War the various...
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  • 120 mm Gun Conway prototype FV4005 183 mm Gun Tank prototype Birch gun Alecto prototype Gun Carrier Mark I self-propelled artillery (48; World War I) Tracked...
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  • Field guns are one of two primary types of field artillery. Guns fire a heavy shell on a relatively level trajectory from a longer barrel, allowing for...
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  • transport during the First World War, such as the Holt tractor, the Gun Carrier Mark I and the Foster-Daimler Artillery Tractor to tow (in five loads) the...
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    Alongside the Bren, Scout and Machine Gun Carriers, they also moved infantry support weapons. The Loyd Carrier was built upon the mechanicals (engine...
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    such as a mortar carrier, infantry fighting vehicle, and assault gun. Armoured fighting vehicles began to appear in use in World War I with the armoured...
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    Mark 42 5"/54 caliber gun (127mm) is a naval gun (naval artillery) mount used by the United States Navy and other countries. It consisted of the Mark...
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    Defence during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Self-propelled gun - The Gun Carrier Mark I was the first piece of Self-propelled artillery ever to be produced...
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  • the tank being recovered. Armament was a single Besa machine gun. The Armoured Ramp Carrier (ARK) was a turretless Churchill with ramps at either end and...
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  • 130mm gun (India; modern) Cavalier (popular name for the A24 Cavalier also known as Cruiser Tank Mark VII) Cazador tracked TOW missile carrier (Spain;...
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    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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    DEG's later designated FFG's or escort carriers) employed gun fire-control systems for 5-inch (127 mm) and larger guns, up to battleships, such as Iowa class...
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    (later Mark VI), suitable for ships of cruiser and aircraft carrier size upward. From 1935, the quadruple mounting Mark VII, essentially half a Mark V or...
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    Mortier 280 mm TR de Schneider sur affût-chenilles St Chamond (category World War I artillery of France)
    artillery. One of the first experiments was the British Gun Carrier Mark I which mated a Mark I tank mechanicals and running gear with a new chassis which...
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    personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since World War I, APCs...
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    elevation gear Tank gun versions of the 6-pounder were used in the Crusader Mark III, Cavalier, Centaur Mk I and II, Cromwell Mk I to III, Valentine Mk...
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    with the tank, the first self-propelled gun (the British Gun Carrier Mk I) and the first armoured personnel carrier followed the invention of tanks. The...
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    List of Japanese military equipment of World War II (category Anti-tank guns of Japan)
    SP heavy mortar carrier Type 4 40 cm rocket launcher Type 5 mortar launcher "Tok" Type 10 and Type 3 rocket boosters 7cm mountain gun (75 mm caliber,...
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    Second Battle of the Somme (category Battles of the Western Front (World War I))
    Battle of Cambrai.[citation needed] List of Canadian battles during World War I Hundred Days Offensive (1918) "United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919"...
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  • M10 rearmed with 17-pdr gun AEC Mk I Gun Carrier "Deacon" - 6pdr on armoured wheeled chassis Carrier, Valentine, 25-pdr gun, Mk.I, Bishop - interim design...
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  • him back to the carrier. Cougar resigns his commission. Maverick and Goose are sent in his place by CAG "Stinger" to attend Top Gun, the Naval Fighter...
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    development was the Mark IX tank, one of the first armoured personnel carriers, which saw limited use in Britain after the war. In general the Mark V was successful...
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    I – V naval gun. It was carried in powered HA XII mountings on the two Nelson-class battleships, two of the three Courageous-class aircraft carriers,...
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