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World War II 28 4 1.1"/75 (28mm) gun United States: World War II 37 2 3.7 cm SK C/30 Nazi Germany: World War II: 40 1, 4, or 8 QF 2 pdr Mk II, Mk VIII Vickers 2-pounder "pom-pom" United Kingdom: World War I World War II 40 1, 2, or 4 Bofors 40 mm gun Sweden: World War II - Korean War - Cold War: 45 1 or 2 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) Soviet ...
The Atlanta class originally had 16 x 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns in eight two-gun turrets, arranged with three superfiring turrets forward, three more superfiring aft and two waist mounts, one port and one starboard, giving the first four Atlanta-class cruisers the heaviest anti-aircraft armament of any cruiser of World War II.
Marine Defense Battalions were United States Marine Corps battalions charged with coastal and air defense of advanced naval bases during World War II. They maintained large anti-ship guns, anti-aircraft guns, searchlights, and small arms to repel landing forces.
USS Atlanta (CL-51) of the United States Navy was the lead ship of the Atlanta class of eight light cruisers. She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for US naval task groups, Atlanta served in this capacity in the naval battles Midway and the Eastern Solomons.
3-inch anti-aircraft gun M3 United States: Interwar / World War II 76.2 3"/23 caliber gun United States: World War I / World War II 76.2 3"/50 caliber gun United States: World War I / World War II / Korean War / Cold War / Vietnam War 76.2 3"/70 Mark 26 gun United States: Cold War 76.2 76-mm air-defense gun M1914/15 Russian Empire: World War I 76.2
10 cm/50 Type 88 naval gun; 10.5 cm Flak 38; 12.8 cm FlaK 40; 20 ITK 40 VKT; 20 mm Polsten; 25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K) 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun; 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) 37 mm gun M1; 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) 75 mm armata wz.36; 75 mm FRC M27; 76 mm air defense gun M1931; 76.2 mm anti ...
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
The USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta -class cruisers had one of the heaviest anti-aircraft ...