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"You start with a pistol, and then you get a shotgun, then you get a machine gun," Cregger explained.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

He was Sylvester Stallone in the 1986 action movie “Cobra,” toting a machine gun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

North Korean Army Lt Gen Ko Jong Chol said Seoul's military used a machine gun to fire more than 10 warning shots towards its soldiers, according to state media.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

He trained in San Diego — to fire a machine gun, position a gas mask, prove he could swim — and shipped out to Hawaii.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024

Big cannons and machine gun nests were hidden in caves and tunnels that couldn’t be seen from the air.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac


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