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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="BM59_bayonet|752" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="71" ns="0" title="List of magazines" />
      <page pageid="686" ns="0" title="List of ammo belt types" />
      <page pageid="729" ns="0" title="Beretta AR70/90" />
      <page pageid="757" ns="0" title="Browning BLR" />
      <page pageid="1084" ns="0" title="Lakeside Machine Vindicator BF1" />
      <page pageid="2528" ns="0" title="Steyr TMP" />
      <page pageid="4064" ns="0" title="Bar (disambiguation)" />
      <page pageid="4229" ns="0" title="Dual wielding" />
      <page pageid="4282" ns="0" title="Combat skills" />
      <page pageid="6429" ns="0" title="Changelog/2018-2019" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>