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Modern Weapons (1980 to Present)

5"/38 Mark 12	Pará Class (ex-USA Garcia class)
4.5"/55 Mark 8 Mod 0	Barroso, Niteroi and Inhaúma Classes
40 mm/70 Mark 3	Niteroi Class
40 mm/70 OTO-Breda	Niteroi, Inhaúma, Greenhalgh (ex-UK Type 22) and Grajaú Classes and Patrol Ships
20 mm Phalanx	Mattoso Maia Class (ex-USA Newport class)
20 mm/85 GAM-BO1	Greenhalgh Class (Type 22)
20 mm/70 Oerlikon	Grajaú Class
12.7 mm HMG (USA Browning M2)	Many Ships

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Historical Weapons

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Battleship Main Guns

15"/45 Mark B	Riachuelo
12"/45 Elswick Pattern L	Minas Gerais Class

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Cruiser / Destroyer Main Guns and Battleship / Cruiser Secondary Guns

6"/50 QF EOC	Parnaiba and Barroso (1898) Classes
6"/47 Mark 16	Barroso Class (ex-Brooklyn class)
5"/38 Mark 12	Marcilio Dias and Acre Classes and ex-USA Destroyers
5"/25 Mark 10	Barroso Class (ex-USA Brooklyn class)
4.7"/50 EOC	Minas Gerais Class
4.7"/50 Armstrong	Barroso (1898) Class
4.7"/45 Ansaldo	Humaita
4.7"/40 Elswick	Pernambuco
4"/45 QF Vickers-Armstrong Mark N	Carioca Class
4"/40 QF Mark IV	Maranhao
100 mm/47 Odero-Terni	Tamoio Class

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Smaller Caliber, Anti-Aircraft and "Dynamite" Guns

3"/50RF Marks 27, 33 and 34	ex-USA Destroyers
6-pdr Maxim-Nordenfelt	N/A
40 mm/56 Bofors Mark 1, Mark 2 and M1	ex-USA Warships
20 mm/70 Oerlikon Marks 2, 3 and 4	ex-USA Warships
Zalinsky "Dynamite" Gun	Nictheroy

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Updated 18 August 2008