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  2. Arresting gear - Wikipedia

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    Modern U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have the Mark 7 Mod 3 arresting gear installed, which have the capability of recovering a 50,000-pound (23 t) aircraft at an engaging speed of 130 knots (240 km/h; 150 mph) in a distance of 344 feet (105 m) in two seconds.

  3. 12-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun - Wikipedia

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    Mod 11 was a Mod 7 that had the chamber lengthened, adding 235 cu in (3,851 cm 3), and a 3½° breech band seating slope and used Breech Mechanism Mark 12. Mod 12 used a Mod 10 and lengthened the chamber and added a 3½° breech band seating slope with Mod 13 being similar but of a Mod 8, Mod 14 used a Mod 9, Mod 15 used a Mod 7, Mod 16 used a ...

  4. 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun - Wikipedia

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    The lightweight 16-in/50 Mark 7 was designed to resolve this conflict. These guns were 50 calibers long, 50 times their 16-inch (406 mm) bore diameter with barrels 66.7 ft (20.3 m) long, from chamber to muzzle. Each gun weighed about 239,000 lb (108 t) without the breech, and 267,900 lb (121.5 t) with the breech. [1]

  5. Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo - Wikipedia

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    The Mark 7 was a major step in the evolution of the modern torpedo. [1] This innovative design featured the use of steam , generated from water sprayed into the combustion pot along with the fuel . The resulting mixture dramatically boosted the efficiency of the torpedo, leading to markedly improved performance. [ 3 ]

  6. CBU-100 Cluster Bomb - Wikipedia

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    The Mk 7 Mod 6 bomb dispenser is the same as the Mk 7 Mod 3 except that the outside of the Mod 6 cargo section is coated with a thermal protective coating and has an additional yellow band around the forward end of the cargo section. The addition of the thermal coating increases the overall weight of the Mod 6 to 505 pounds (229 kg).

  7. Mark 54 lightweight torpedo - Wikipedia

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    [7] Brazil. Brazilian Navy - In December 2020, the US Department of State approved for $70 million, the sale for Brazil of 22 Mk 54 lightweight torpedo conversion kits for the Mk 46 Mod 5A torpedoes already in operation in the S-70B helicopters of the Brazilian Navy, plus ancillary training, exercise and maintenance spare parts. [8] [9] Canada

  8. 8-inch/35-caliber gun - Wikipedia

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    The Mark 3 Mod 1 was constructed of tube, jacket and eight hoops while Mod 2 was identical to Mod 1 but with different steps under the chase hoops. Mod 3 was, for one gun, lengthened to 40 calibers and was removed from service prior to the start of World War I. Mod 4 was, also for one gun only, different from other Mods in having a ring shrunk ...

  9. Mark 32 surface vessel torpedo tubes - Wikipedia

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    The exception is the Mod 9 sets, which only have two tubes and are fixed in position. [3] The Mark 32 can fire 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedoes of the Mark 44, Mark 46, Mark 50 (from the Mod 17 tubes onwards), [3] [4] and Mark 54 [citation needed] designs, and can be modified to use other torpedoes (such as the MU90 Impact aboard Royal Australian ...