machine gun
Example Sentences
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Both Madis vehicles are equipped with a cannon and a smaller machine gun that, along with new types of ammunition, are becoming a growing part of antidrone operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
The Taiwanese boats also have water cannon and a 20-millimetre static machine gun, but are careful to avoid a confrontation that "could lead to unimaginable consequences", Huang said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
In July 2023 an SA80 rife was also lost, along with a deactivated World War One German machine gun the following month, although both have subsequently been found.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
Bump stocks are replacement shoulder stocks that allow a semiautomatic gun to fire at nearly the rate of a machine gun.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
The peanut bag was easy, once he got the rhythm he could stand under it all day, making it sound like a machine gun.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
