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The United States Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775 as the Continental Navy to contest British control of the seas during the American Revolutionary War, was formally reconstituted under the Constitution in 1794 amid the Quasi-War threat from France, and has since grown into the dominant global maritime and naval aviation power of the modern era, organized around aircraft carrier strike groups, submarines, surface combatants and naval aviation. The Navy played a decisive role in securing American independence at sea, in projecting power during the nineteenth century's expansion, and above all in the Pacific theater of World War II, where carrier battles at Midway and elsewhere broke Imperial Japanese naval power and established naval aviation as the dominant form of modern sea warfare. Since 1945 the Navy has maintained a forward-deployed global presence built around its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier fleet and ballistic-missile and attack submarine forces, underpinning American strategic deterrence and rapid power projection capability throughout the Cold War and into the present. The service operates alongside the Marine Corps, with which it shares the Department of the Navy, and remains, by tonnage and reach, the most powerful navy in the world in the twenty-first century.

Facts
Force Type
Maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces 1
Founded Year
1794 1
Traces informal origins to the 1775 Continental Navy; 1794 marks the Naval Act establishing the first ships of the Navy, per the same source.
Country
United States 1
Force Type
Force Type (category)
Navy 1
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The Ohio-class submarines serve the United States Navy as its fleet of ballistic and guided missile submarines

Source Wikipedia: Alfred Thayer Mahan
Source Wikipedia: Stoner 63
Trident II Missile, Weapons Systems

The Trident II submarine launched ballistic missile arms the United States Navy's fleet of ballistic missile submarines

Doctrines Developed

Source Wikipedia: Network-Centric Warfare

Fought In

Operation El Dorado Canyon was flown in part by United States Navy carrier aircraft in the Mediterranean

Source Wikipedia: Operation El Dorado Canyon

Operation Frequent Wind was staged from a United States Navy carrier task force offshore

Source Wikipedia: Operation Frequent Wind

Operation Neptune Spear was carried out by United States Navy SEALs of SEAL Team Six

Source Wikipedia: Operation Neptune Spear

Operation Praying Mantis was fought by United States Navy surface ships and carrier aircraft against Iranian naval forces

Source Wikipedia: Operation Praying Mantis

Operation Red Wings deployed a four-man United States Navy SEAL reconnaissance team

Source Wikipedia: Operation Red Wings

The United States Navy destroyed the Spanish fleets at Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba during the 1898 Spanish-American War

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Derived from entity-description (backfill w-bfill-g2-0924): "Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy officer"

Operates

Source Wikipedia: 3-inch/50-caliber gun
Source Wikipedia: 5-inch/25-caliber gun
Source Wikipedia: AeroVironment Switchblade
Source Wikipedia: AGM-158C LRASM
Source Wikipedia: AGM-176 Griffin
Source Wikipedia: AGM-65 Maverick
Source AGM-88 HARM (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: AIM-120 AMRAAM
Source Wikipedia: AIM-174B Gunslinger
Source Wikipedia: AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile
Source Wikipedia: AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System
Source Wikipedia: AUM-N-2 Petrel
Source Wikipedia: BB gun
Source Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Cadillac Gage Ranger
Source Wikipedia: Colt Army Model 1860
Source Wikipedia: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Source Wikipedia: Crazy Horse rifle
Source Wikipedia: Cutlass
Source Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: FN Minimi
Source Wikipedia: GBU-53/B StormBreaker
Source Wikipedia: Heckler & Koch HK416
Source Wikipedia: HELIOS
Source Wikipedia: Iowa-class battleship
Source Wikipedia: Ka-Bar
Source LAU-127, Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Lewis Gun
Source Wikipedia: Los Angeles-class submarine
Source Wikipedia: M1921 Browning machine gun
Source Wikipedia: M24 Sniper Weapon System
Source Wikipedia: M50 Reising
Source Mark 14 torpedo, Wikipedia
Source Mark 15 torpedo, Wikipedia
Source Mark 37 torpedo, Wikipedia
Source Mark 48 torpedo, Wikipedia
Source Mark 50 torpedo - Wikipedia
Source Mark 54 lightweight torpedo - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Mark 60 CAPTOR
Source Wikipedia: Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle
Source Wikipedia: Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle
Source Wikipedia: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Source Wikipedia: Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
Source Remington-Keene rifle (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Republic-Ford JB-2
Source RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 - Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: RIM-174 Standard ERAM
Source Wikipedia: RIM-24 Tartar
Source Wikipedia: Ruger Standard
Source Wikipedia: RUR-5 ASROC
Source Wikipedia: Grumman TBF Avenger
Source Wikipedia: Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser
Source Wikipedia: Tiny Tim (rocket)
Source Wikipedia: Tomahawk (missile)
Source Wikipedia: UGM-133 Trident II
Source Wikipedia: UGM-133 Trident II
Source UGM-27 Polaris, Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: UGM-96 Trident I
Source Wikipedia: Virginia-class Submarine
W88, Weapons Systems
Source Wikipedia: W88
W93, Weapons Systems
Source Wikipedia: W93
Source Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, Wikipedia
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1. Wikipedia: United States Navy
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph 1
    The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
  • Lead paragraph 2
    The Naval Act of 1794 provided for constructing six heavy frigates, the first ships of the Navy, in the prelude to the Barbary Wars.
  • Per the entity's own name and sourced description.
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Wikidata: United States Navy
Wikidata Q11220, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikipedia: Stoner 63
Associated With: Stoner 63, History, Deployment section
Quote, Associated With: Stoner 63, History, Deployment section
The Navy SEALs continued to use the Stoner 63 and had officially adopted the Commando version as the Mark 23 Mod 0 machine gun.
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Wikipedia: Alfred Thayer Mahan
WikipediaAssociated With: Sea Power Doctrine (Command of the Sea), doctrine summary
Quote, Associated With: Sea Power Doctrine (Command of the Sea), doctrine summary
the concentration of naval forces composed of capital ships, not too large but numerous, well-manned with crews thoroughly trained, and operating under the principle that the best defense is an aggressive offense.
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Wikipedia: Network-Centric Warfare
WikipediaDoctrines Developed: Network-Centric Warfare, history section
Quote, Doctrines Developed: Network-Centric Warfare, history section
As a distinct concept, however, network-centric warfare first appeared publicly in a 1998 US Naval Institute Proceedings article by Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski and John Garstka.
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Mark 14 torpedo, Wikipedia
Operates: Mark 14 Torpedo, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Mark 15 torpedo, Wikipedia
Operates: Mark 15 Torpedo, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Mark 50 torpedo - Wikipedia
Operates: Mark 50 Torpedo, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: AGM-158C LRASM
Operates: AGM-158C LRASM, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: W88
Operates: W88, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: AIM-174B Gunslinger
Operates: AIM-174B Gunslinger, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: UGM-96 Trident I
Operates: UGM-96 Trident I, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: Tiny Tim (rocket)
Operates: Tiny Tim (rocket), infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: Mark 60 CAPTOR
Operates: Mark 60 CAPTOR, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Remington-Keene rifle (Wikipedia)
Operates: Remington-Keene rifle, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: AUM-N-2 Petrel
Operates: AUM-N-2 Petrel, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: W93
Operates: W93, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: HELIOS
Operates: HELIOS, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
Operates: Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Navy'View the Source
Wikipedia: UGM-133 Trident II
Wikipedia
  • Operates: Trident II Missile, Infobox, used by and service fields
    Infobox lists: United States Navy
  • Operates: UGM-133 Trident II, Infobox, used by and service fields
    Infobox lists: United States Navy
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LAU-127, Wikipedia
Operates: LAU-127, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: LAU-127, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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UGM-27 Polaris, Wikipedia
Operates: UGM-27 Polaris Missile, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: UGM-27 Polaris Missile, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Mark 37 torpedo, Wikipedia
Operates: Mark 37 Torpedo, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: Mark 37 Torpedo, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Mark 48 torpedo, Wikipedia
Operates: Mark 48 Torpedo, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: Mark 48 Torpedo, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Mark 54 lightweight torpedo - Wikipedia
Operates: Mark 54 Torpedo, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: Mark 54 Torpedo, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 - Wikipedia
Operates: RIM-161 Standard Missile 3, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: RIM-161 Standard Missile 3, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: AeroVironment Switchblade
Operates: AeroVironment Switchblade, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: AeroVironment Switchblade, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: GBU-53/B StormBreaker
Operates: GBU-53/B StormBreaker, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: GBU-53/B StormBreaker, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: Republic-Ford JB-2
Operates: Republic-Ford JB-2, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: Republic-Ford JB-2, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: RIM-24 Tartar
Operates: RIM-24 Tartar, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: RIM-24 Tartar, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: AGM-176 Griffin
Operates: AGM-176 Griffin, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: AGM-176 Griffin, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: RUR-5 ASROC
Operates: RUR-5 ASROC, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: RUR-5 ASROC, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: Crazy Horse rifle
Operates: Crazy Horse rifle, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: Crazy Horse rifle, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: RIM-174 Standard ERAM
Operates: RIM-174 Standard ERAM, Infobox, used by and service fields
Quote, Operates: RIM-174 Standard ERAM, Infobox, used by and service fields
Infobox lists: United States Navy
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Wikipedia: AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System
Operates: AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System, Infobox, used_by field
Quote, Operates: AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: US Navy
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Wikipedia: 5-inch/25-caliber gun
Operates: 5-inch/25-caliber gun, Infobox, used_by field
Quote, Operates: 5-inch/25-caliber gun, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: US Navy, Argentine Navy, Brazilian Navy, Chilean Navy
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Wikipedia: 3-inch/50-caliber gun
Operates: 3-inch/50-caliber gun, Infobox, used_by field
Quote, Operates: 3-inch/50-caliber gun, Infobox, used_by field
Infobox used_by field: US Navy
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Wikipedia: Tomahawk (missile)
WikipediaOperates: Tomahawk (missile), Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Tomahawk (missile), Wikipedia article text
The BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is an American long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is used by the United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy and Royal Navy in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations.
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Wikipedia: Lewis Gun
WikipediaOperates: Lewis Gun, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Lewis Gun, Wikipedia article text
The US Navy and Marine Corps followed in early 1917, adopting the M1917 Lewis gun (produced by the Savage Arms Co.), in .30-06 calibre.
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Wikipedia: Iowa-class battleship
Operates: Iowa-Class Battleship, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Iowa-Class Battleship, Wikipedia article text
The Iowa class was a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940.
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Wikipedia: AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile
WikipediaOperates: AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile, Wikipedia article text
It entered service with the United States Navy in 1956 and the Air Force in 1964, and is one of the oldest, cheapest, and most successful air-to-air missiles.
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Wikipedia: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Operates: Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier, Wikipedia article text
The Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy.
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Wikipedia: Cutlass
WikipediaOperates: Cutlass, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Cutlass, Wikipedia article text
The last new model of cutlass adopted by the US Navy was the US M1917 cutlass, adopted during World War I; it was based on the Dutch M1898/M1911 klewang.
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Wikipedia: Virginia-class Submarine
WikipediaOperates: Virginia-Class Submarine, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Virginia-Class Submarine, Wikipedia article text
The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines with vertical launching system-launched cruise missile capability in service with the United States Navy.
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Wikipedia: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
WikipediaOperates: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Wikipedia article text
The B-24 was rapidly phased out of US service, although the PB4Y-2 Privateer maritime patrol derivative carried on in service with the US Navy in the Korean War.
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Wikipedia: AIM-120 AMRAAM
WikipediaOperates: AIM-120 AMRAAM, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: AIM-120 AMRAAM, Wikipedia article text
AMRAAM was due to be replaced by the USAF, the US Navy, and the US Marine Corps after 2020 by the Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (Next Generation Missile), but it was terminated in the 2013 budget plan.
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Wikipedia: Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser
WikipediaOperates: Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser, Wikipedia article text
The Ticonderoga class of guided-missile cruisers is a class of warships of the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year.
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Wikipedia: Los Angeles-class submarine
WikipediaOperates: Los Angeles-Class Submarine, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Los Angeles-Class Submarine, Wikipedia article text
The Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy.
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Wikipedia: Grumman TBF Avenger
WikipediaOperates: TBF Avenger, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: TBF Avenger, Wikipedia article text
The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps and also eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world.
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AGM-88 HARM (Wikipedia)
Operates: AGM-88 HARM, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: AGM-88 HARM, Wikipedia article text
The AGM-88E is in use by the US Navy, US Marine Corps, Italian Air Force, and German Air Force.
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Wikipedia: FN Minimi
WikipediaOperates: FN Minimi, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: FN Minimi, Wikipedia article text
An improved variant known as the Mk 46 Mod 1 with an improved forward rail and lightweight titanium bipod has been adopted by the United States Navy.
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Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, Wikipedia
Operates: Wasp-Class Amphibious Assault Ship, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Wasp-Class Amphibious Assault Ship, Wikipedia article text
The Wasp class is a class of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy.
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Wikipedia
Operates: C-130 Hercules, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: C-130 Hercules, Wikipedia article text
The C-130R and C-130T are US Navy and USMC models, both equipped with underwing external fuel tanks.
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Wikipedia
Operates: F-14 Tomcat, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: F-14 Tomcat, Wikipedia article text
The F-14 is equipped with an internal 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon mounted on the left side (unlike the Phantom, which was not equipped with an internal gun in the US Navy), and can carry AIM-54 Phoenix, AIM-7 Sparrow, and AIM-9 Sidewinder anti-aircraft missiles.
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Wikipedia: Ka-Bar
Operates: Ka-Bar Fighting Knife, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Ka-Bar Fighting Knife, Wikipedia article text
Navy became disenchanted with blade failures on the USN Mark 1 utility knife, the latter service adopted the Ka-Bar as the US Navy Utility Knife, Mark 2.
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Wikipedia: Heckler & Koch HK416
Operates: Heckler & Koch HK416, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Heckler & Koch HK416, Wikipedia article text
The HK416D was used by the US Navy's SEAL Team Six to kill Osama bin Laden in 2011.
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Wikipedia: Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle
Operates: Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle, Wikipedia article text
The United States Navy Mk 12 MOD 0/1/H Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) is a designated marksman rifle that was in service with United States special operations forces in the designated marksman role until 2017, also designed to be shorter than standard weapons.
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Wikipedia: Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle
Operates: Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle, Wikipedia article text
United States Navy SEALs were the first to be armed with the EBR in 2004, followed by the U.S.
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Wikipedia: M24 Sniper Weapon System
Operates: M24 Sniper Weapon System, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: M24 Sniper Weapon System, Wikipedia article text
These rifles were adopted by the US Navy SEALs.
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Wikipedia: M50 Reising
Operates: M50 Reising, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: M50 Reising, Wikipedia article text
Over 100,000 Reisings were ordered during World War II, and were initially used by the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and the United States Coast Guard, though some were shipped to Canadian, Soviet, and other allied forces to fight the Axis powers.
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Wikipedia: BB gun
Operates: BB Gun, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: BB Gun, Wikipedia article text
The MacGlashan BB Gun was used to train antiaircraft gunners in the United States Army Air Corps and United States Navy during World War II.
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Wikipedia: AGM-65 Maverick
Operates: AGM-65 Maverick, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: AGM-65 Maverick, Wikipedia article text
Deployed by the United States Navy (USN), the AGM-65F is optimized for maritime strike roles.
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Wikipedia: Ruger Standard
Operates: Ruger Standard, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Ruger Standard, Wikipedia article text
The suppressed Mk II was used by United States Navy SEALs.
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Wikipedia: Cadillac Gage Ranger
Operates: Cadillac Gage Ranger, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Cadillac Gage Ranger, Wikipedia article text
In 1981, 560 additional Rangers were ordered by the USAF and the United States Navy.
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Wikipedia: M1921 Browning machine gun
Operates: M1921 Browning machine gun, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: M1921 Browning machine gun, Wikipedia article text
Both the US Army and the US Navy adopted the M1921 after World War I, using it mostly as a static anti-aircraft weapon due to its weight.
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Wikipedia: Colt Army Model 1860
Operates: Colt Army Model 1860, Wikipedia article text
Quote, Operates: Colt Army Model 1860, Wikipedia article text
The United States Navy ordered 900 fluted cylinder revolvers in May 1861 later issued to ships enforcing the Atlantic and Gulf blockade.
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