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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Machine gun.

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Firearm [r]: Device, often designed to be used as a weapon, which projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity, using the energy of gases generated by a controlled explosion. ^[e]

Aircraft weapons [r]: Add brief definition or description
Assault rifle [r]: Add brief definition or description
Autocannon [r]: Add brief definition or description
Automatic rifle [r]: Infantry rifle firing a full-power cartridge from a detachable magazine, used from the shoulder or from a bipod support; could substitute for a light machine gun but with much less ammunition; obsolete after WWII ^[e]
Full-automatic [r]: Add brief definition or description
Infantry weapons [r]: Add brief definition or description
Semi-automatic [r]: A firearm that loads and fires once for each pull of the trigger ^[e]
Submachine gun [r]: A firearm that can shoot a pistol cartridge (i.e., less powerful than a rifle cartridge) in full-automatic mode ^[e]

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