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machine gun
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machine gun
n.
A gun that fires rapidly and repeatedly.

machine gun
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery)
a.  a rapid-firing automatic gun, usually mounted, from which small-arms ammunition is discharged
b.  (as modifier) machine-gun fire
vb machine-gun -guns, -gunning, -gunned
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to shoot or fire at with a machine gun
machine gunner  n
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Noun1.machine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)machine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
automatic firearm, automatic gun, automatic weapon - a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
Browning machine gun, Peacemaker - a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War
Gatling gun - an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated
Maxim gun - an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
Spandau - a German machine gun
gunstock, stock - the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock"
submachine gun - machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm
Verb1.machine gun - shoot with a machine gun
gun - shoot with a gun
Translations
machine gun nmitragliatrice f

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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dear Editor, Many units when they are getting ready to deploy are finding that they are missing parts for their M3 and M122/M122A1 machine gun tripods.
Richard Audette, a deputy project manager at the Army program executive office for soldier systems, said that a machine gun tripod had been redesigned using the same steel, at a reduction of six pounds.
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