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Machine Gun
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- Definition
- A heavy weapon consisting of a barrel surrounded by a radiator, fitted with a receiver with a feed tray, an ejection port, a charging handle, a trigger, an aiming mechanism, and a magazine or munition belt. It is mounted on a tripod. Used to fire bursts of projectiles.
- Definition source(s)
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- Parks Canada Descriptive and Visual Dictionary of Objects
- English
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- Term (International)
- Machine Gun
- Inverted term (International)
- Gun, Machine
- Alternative term(s)
- automatic weapon; gun, rapid-fire; rapid-fire gun; weapon, automatic
- French
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- Term (International)
- Mitrailleuse
- Term gender (International)
- f.
- Alternative term(s)
- fusil-mitrailleur; mitraillette; mitrailleuse légère
- Date created
- 2010-01-01
- Date updated
- 2021-05-12
- Parks Canada code(s)
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- 05-00063
- Nomenclature URI
- https://www.nomenclature.info/nom/8257
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