Definition of Machine rifle

1. Noun. Light machine gun.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Machine Rifle

machine gunner
machine guns
machine independent
machine instruction
machine instructions
machine language
machine languages
machine learning
machine of government
machine operation
machine pistol
machine pistols
machine politician
machine readable
machine readable dictionary
machine rifle (current term)
machine room
machine rooms
machine screw
machine screws
machine shop
machine shops
machine stitch
machine tool
machine tools
machine translation
machine wash
machineability
machineable
machined

Literary usage of Machine rifle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Naval Ordnance: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of the Midshipmen of the by Roland Irvin Curtin, Thomas Lee Johnson, United States Naval Academy (1915)
"Automatic Machine-Rifle, Caliber .30, Mark II. General description.—The gun comprises a single barrel, receiver, guard, and stock, rigidly assembled. ..."

2. Two Thousand Questions and Answers about the War: A Catechism of the Methods by The Review of reviews (1918)
"The Browning machine rifle has a device to counteract this, ... One pattern, known as the Browning machine rifle, can be fired from the shoulder or the hip. ..."

3. Two Thousand Questions and Answers about the War: A Catechism of the Methods by Julius Washington Muller (1918)
"The Browning machine rifle has a device to counteract this, ... One pattern, known as the Browning machine rifle, can be fired from the shoulder or the hip. ..."

4. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1919)
"BROWNING MACHINE GUN [Test of Browning machine rifle. ... The Browning machine rifle is an air-cooled, gas- operated gun, weighing fifteen pounds and ..."

5. The Warfare of To-day by Paul Azan, Julian Lowell Coolidge (1918)
"Automatic machine rifle (fusil ... On the other hand, care must be taken not to confuse the automatic machine rifle with the machine gun. ..."

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