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medium machine gun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmiː.ɖiː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡan/ (India)
  • /ˈmi.di.əm məˈʃin ɡʌn/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland)
  • /ˈmiː.diː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /- ɡan/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈmiː.diː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡɐn/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • mē′dē-əm mə-shēn′ gŭn

Meanings

  1. A belt-fed machine gun firing a full-powered rifle cartridge, and is considered “medium” in weight (15–40 lb or 6.8–18.1 kg).

Forms

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Coordinates

general-purpose machine gun · GPMG · LMG · SMG · heavy machine gun · HMG · light machine gun · submachine gun

Hypernyms

firearm · weapon · gun · machine gun · MG

Relateds

MMG

wikidata: Q1192819