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Lewis gun
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Lewis gun [′lü·əs ‚gən]
(ordnance)
A gas-operated machine gun with a horizontal drum magazine, manufactured in several modifications; now obsolete.
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Kirk's brush with the law started when he bought a replica First World War bi-plane which came complete with a decommissioned and trigger-less Lewis machine gun.
Vet on firearm charges called 'a fool' by judge by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
He grabbed a Lewis machine gun and poured a whole drum of bullets into the site, plastering the building with deadly accurate fire.
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In 1918, an infantryman wore a respirator or gas mask and steel helmet, had at least two grenades or bombs in his pockets and could be a bomber, rifle bomber or member of the Lewis machine gun section.
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