machine gun

Example Sentences

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Like the British troops who readily acknowledged the “pluck” of the Dervishes, Mr. Hart is impressed by their willingness to face the massed firepower of rifles, machine guns and artillery.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I was a serving soldier. I had regular access to assault rifles, pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles. At no point there was there any risk or threat to the public."

From BBC

Unsurprisingly, before there were easily portable machine guns, which were first introduced in the 1910s, there were no laws barring people from having such weapons.

From Los Angeles Times

An outright ban on assault rifles, other machine guns, semiautomatic weapons and large clips.

From Washington Post

Another member of the group who is staying at its camp in Thantlang said a Mi-35 helicopter fired a machine gun at the village as the jet fighters were dropping bombs.

From Seattle Times