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light machine gun [′līt mə′shēn ‚gən] (ordnance) Any aircraft machine gun of .30 caliber or smaller. In U.S. Army usage, any lightweight machine gun, including the .30-caliber air-cooled machine gun and excluding fully automatic rifles, submachine guns, and machine pistols. In specific nonofficial context, any fully automatic rifle or any machine gun having total weight, with mount, between 20-30 pounds (9-14 kilograms) approximately; for example, the Browning automatic rifle and the Lewis machine gun. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Small arms" are weapons that are designed for personal use--revolvers, rifles, submachine guns, and light machine guns. Two commando teams, each with a dozen specially trained men carrying light machine guns, zigzagged about the compound. In the evening, before the squad left on patrol, the air was filled with the hacking of heavy machine guns and the rapid staccato sound from light machine guns. |
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