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Definition of Browning machine gun
1. Noun. A belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Browning Machine Gun
Literary usage of Browning machine gun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Thousand Questions and Answers about the War: A Catechism of the Methods by The Review of reviews (1918)
"The browning machine gun (a heavier type than the rifle) has a ... Q.—How is the
browning machine gun fired? A.—It is on a tripod and the gunner kneels or ..."
2. The Army Behind the Army by Edward Alexander Powell (1919)
"... of the Browning Aircraft machine-gun, as it was feared that to do so might
interfere with the production of the Browning machine-gun for ground use. ..."
3. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"... is interchangeable for all four weapons, the Springfield, the modified Enfield,
the light Browning automatic rifle, and the heavy browning machine gun. ..."
4. Inventions of the Great War by Alexander Russell Bond (1919)
"44 browning machine gun, weighing 341/£ pounds . 45 Browning machine rifle, weight
only 15 pounds 45 Lewis machine-guns in action at the front . ..."
5. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1917)
"The Browning heavy machine gun is of THE browning machine gun Copyright by
Committee on Public Information. From Underwood &• Underwood. ..."
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