About 10 results for ‘Machine gun’
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Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute. Machine guns are generally categorized as submachine guns, machine guns, or autocannons. Submachine guns are designed to be small, portable automatic weapons for personal defense or short range combat, and are intended to be fired while being hand held. Submachine guns use small pistol caliber rounds. A proper machine gun is often portable to a certain degree, but is generally used when mounted on a stand or fired from the ground on a bipod. Light machine guns are small enough to be fired and hand held like a rifle, but the gun is more effective when fired from a prone position. The difference between machine guns and autocannons is based on caliber, with autocannons using calibers larger than 16 mm. Another factor is whether the gun fires conventional rounds or explosive rounds. Guns firing large-caliber explosive rounds are generally considered either autocannons or automatic grenade launchers ("grenade machine guns"). By contrast with the other two categories (sub-machine guns and autocannons), machine guns (like rifles) tend to share the characteristic of a very high ratio of barrel length to caliber (a long barrel for a small caliber); indeed, a true machine gun is essentially a fully automatic rifle, and the boundaries between the two are often blurred. Often, the criterion for a machine gun as opposed to an automatic rifle is considered to be the presence of a quick change barrel or other cooling system (see below). In United States gun law, machine gun is a term of art for any fully automatic firearm, and also for any component or part that will modify an existing firearm such that it functions as a fully automatic firearm.
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- Artist(s):
- Joseph-Félix Bouchor
Mitrailleurs belges au Parapet, Ramscapelle, 21 novembre ...
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- Painting
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- Helmet
- Machine gun
- Serviceman
- Sky
- Trench warfare
- Uniform
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Joseph-Félix Bouchor
Poilu gazé alertant les soldats américains
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Conversation
- Helmet
- Machine gun
- Serviceman
- Sky
- Tree
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Joseph-Félix Bouchor
Mitrailleuse contre aviation au bois de Chalade, 31 mai 1915
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cloud
- Combat
- Forest
- Headgear
- Machine gun
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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(ARMEE FRANCAISE) Exercices d'Artillerie (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Artillery
- Cannon
- France
- Franco-Prussian War
- Machine gun
- Navy
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- Date:
- 19th century
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COMBATS D'ARTILLERIE (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Artillery
- Cannon
- Cathedral
- France
- Franco-Prussian War
- Machine gun
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Almanach des Postes et des Télégraphes / CHASSE AUX AVION...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Automobile
- Machine gun
- Serviceman
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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La grande guerre 1914-1915 - Soissons - Un 75 dans une ca...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Machine gun
- Soissons
- World War I
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Guerre 1914-1915 - Soissons - Abri de Mitrailleuses à la ...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Machine gun
- Soissons
- World War I
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Guerre de 1914-1915 - Soissons - Mitrailleuse tirant cont...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Machine gun
- Priesthood (Catholic Church)
- Serviceman
- Soissons
- Trench warfare
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Guerre de 1914-1915 - Soissons - Mitrailleuse tirant cont...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Machine gun
- Priesthood (Catholic Church)
- Serviceman
- Soissons
- Trench warfare
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Guerre de 1914-1915 - Villeneuve-Saint-Germain - Mitraill...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Machine gun
- Serviceman
- Soissons
- Trench warfare
- Weapon
- World War I
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MUSEE DE L'ARMEE - CAMPAGNE 1914-1915 / - MITRAILLEUSE PR...
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- Field(s):
- Militaria
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arms industry
- Machine gun
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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339. La Grande Guerre de 1914-15 / La chasse aux Taubes, ...
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- Field(s):
- Militaria
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Goods wagon
- Machine gun
- Serviceman
- Train
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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