gun-type weapon

A device in which two or more pieces of fissionable material, each less than a critical mass, are brought together very rapidly so as to form a supercritical mass that can explode as the result of a rapidly expanding fission chain.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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She looked outside and saw Andrew Stephenson, 23, hurrying from the house carrying a long gun-type weapon. Police later recovered an air rifle pellet which had failed to smash the window.

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We know that it takes about 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of 90 percent enriched uranium to build a gun-type weapon equivalent to the Hiroshima bomb.

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He turned to get away "and all of a sudden another gunman appeared in front of us, carrying machine gun-type weapons. And he just started firing at us ...

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After the meeting last night, several residents said that although certain types of hunting would be allowed under passive recreation, machine gun-type weapons are now in use at the site.

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