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heavy machine gun
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heavy machine gun [′hevĀ·ē mə′shēn ‚gən]
(ordnance)
Any machine gun of relatively heavy weight, including caliber-.30 water-cooled machine guns and caliber-.50 machine guns.
Any aircraft machine gun above caliber .30.


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AaSaudi officials said heavy guns had pounded insurgent positions across the border Thursday, to create what Saudi media have called a "kill zone.
In Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, a heavy gun marked the start of a two-minute silence and people stood still to pay their respects, the BBC reported.
Nine buses were also set on fire in other neighborhoods close to "Morro dos Macacos" favela, in retaliation for a police operation aimed at controlling heavy gun battles between rival drug gangs in the area.
 
 
 
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