mitrailleuse

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In French, however, canon is the term applied to the barrel of small arms, and also, as an alternative to mitrailleuse or mitrailleur, to machine guns, as well as to ordnance properly so-called.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

Placing my camera by the side of the mitrailleuse, I sat by my chauffeur, and we started off for the French lines.

From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.

Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General Rose. 1st Brigade: General Bellecourt. 5th Chasseur battalion. 13th and 43rd Line Regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Pradier. 64th and 98th Line regiments.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

These were designed to retard German scouting parties or halt German mitrailleuse automobiles.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher

But in time of actual war its personnel was less mixed, and Chapman's letters showed him serving there contentedly as pointer of a mitrailleuse.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)