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When the Second World War erupted, Canada found itself very ill-equipped for air defence, with only a handful of First World War anti-aircraft (AA) guns on hand. Arrangements were quickly made to purchase 12 M2 Browning .5″ AA machine guns, and a further 16 were leased. The leased guns formed the initial AA defences for […]
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The M-55A 20MM, also known as the Zastava M55, is a Yugoslavian/Serbian triple-barreled automatic anti-aircraft gun. The Crvena Zastava company produced it for the Yugoslav People’s Army. Later versions had an attached generator that provided power traversing and a better computer-assisted sight alignment. The gun is a daylight, clear weather-only system. Multiple variants exist, such
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The 762mm MGR-1 Honest John was the first nuclear surface to surface rocket deployed by the U.S. Army and was widely used by NATO 1953-1985. Although primarily intended to deliver nuclear weapons, high explosive and nerve gas warheads were also produced. Honest John was Canada’s only land-based tactical nuclear system. Canada had two Honest John
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The QF 2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun MK IX was the most powerful anti-tank gun in the world when introduced in 1937. Vickers and Woolwich Arsenal designed the 2 Pounder as an anti-tank weapon deployed on a field carriage or armoured vehicle. The British approved the QF 2 Pounder MK IX for operational service in 1937.
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Elswick Ordnance Company in the United Kingdom designed the Quick Firing 4.7-Inch Gun MKIV for the Royal Navy and British Army. During the 1880s and 1890s, the British deployed them on naval and coastal defence mounts as well as garrison and field artillery carriages. The gun entered service in 1888. The British Army used it
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