MK 108 cannon
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The MK 108 cannon was a German World War II 30 mm aircraft autocannon renowned for its compact design and devastating high-explosive shells, primarily used by Luftwaffe fighters against Allied bombers.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15858199 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: MK 108 cannon Context triple: [MG 151 cannon, successor, MK 108 cannon]
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MG 08 machine gun
The MG 08 machine gun was the German Army’s standard heavy machine gun in World War I, a water-cooled, belt-fed weapon derived from Hiram Maxim’s design and known for its reliability and sustained firepower.
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MG 81 machine gun
The MG 81 machine gun was a fast-firing 7.92 mm German aircraft-mounted weapon used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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MG 42 machine gun
The MG 42 machine gun is a German World War II-era general-purpose machine gun renowned for its extremely high rate of fire, reliability, and influential design that shaped postwar machine guns worldwide.
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HK21 machine gun
The HK21 machine gun is a German-designed, belt-fed general-purpose machine gun developed by Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 rifle’s roller-delayed blowback system.
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MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MK 108 cannon Target entity description: The MK 108 cannon was a German World War II 30 mm aircraft autocannon renowned for its compact design and devastating high-explosive shells, primarily used by Luftwaffe fighters against Allied bombers.
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A.
MG 08 machine gun
The MG 08 machine gun was the German Army’s standard heavy machine gun in World War I, a water-cooled, belt-fed weapon derived from Hiram Maxim’s design and known for its reliability and sustained firepower.
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B.
MG 81 machine gun
The MG 81 machine gun was a fast-firing 7.92 mm German aircraft-mounted weapon used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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C.
MG 42 machine gun
The MG 42 machine gun is a German World War II-era general-purpose machine gun renowned for its extremely high rate of fire, reliability, and influential design that shaped postwar machine guns worldwide.
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D.
HK21 machine gun
The HK21 machine gun is a German-designed, belt-fed general-purpose machine gun developed by Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 rifle’s roller-delayed blowback system.
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E.
MG 131 machine gun
The MG 131 machine gun was a German 13 mm aircraft-mounted heavy machine gun used extensively by the Luftwaffe during World War II for defensive and offensive armament on various combat aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
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