machine gun
fully automatic mounted or portable firearm
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Summary
machine gun is a weapon type[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of weapon type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,011 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: automatic firearm[3], selective fire firearm[4]
- Commons category: Machine guns[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Machine guns[6]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], vbbsmyt[10]
- Different from: mitrailleuse[11], self-loading firearm[12], automatic firearm[13], selective fire firearm[14], submachine gun[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[16], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for machine gun include Mitragliere[18], a destroyer[19].
Why It Matters
machine gun has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]
Entities named for it include Mitragliere[18], a destroyer[19].