Machine gun

A machine gun is a fully automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. Such automatic weapons with a caliber of 20 mm or larger are generally referred to as autocannons.

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Unlike semi-automatic firearms, which require one trigger pull per bullet fired, a machine gun is designed to fire bullets as long as the trigger is held down and ammunition is fed into the weapon. Although the term "machine gun" is often used to describe all fully-automatic weapons, in military usage the term is restricted to weapons designed to provide suppressive fire in continuous or frequent bursts of automatic fire for as long as ammunition lasts (however, a fully automatic firearm with a projectile caliber of equal to or greater than 20 mm (0.8 inch) is called an automatic cannon).

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Bullet: A bullet is a projectile shot by a gun, usually made of a metal alloy. In contrast to a shell, a bullet does not contain explosives. The term bullet refers specifically to the metal slug that is propelled from a firearm. Although the term is occasionally used to refer to the combination of bullet,...

Caliber: The word caliber (American English) or calibre (British English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. It comes from the Italian calibro, itself from the Arabic qu?lib, meaning mould....

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