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|name= Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB |image= Machine gun M2 1.jpg

...ng mechanism is scaled down from that of a full-sized machine gun, while a machine pistol is built up from a semi-automatic pistol design. ...small, concealable weapon with a high rate of fire. In a military setting, machine pistols are issued as personal defense sidearms to paratroopers, artillery

...ip]]. The [[Belt (ammo)|belt]] of linked ammunition used by most [[machine gun]]s is an ammunition feeding device that is not a magazine, since it does no The most common type of magazine is the "box" type. Other common types include the rotary "tube" magazine found on many [[leve

...t the Oberndorf factory for the infantry version firing a [[black powder]] 11 x 60 mm round from a long 850 mm barrel, and shorter versions were introduc ...s, with rounds that would today be considered very large, typically 9.5 to 11.5 mm in caliber. Serbia designed an improved version of the Model 71 in 10.

{{Canadian gun law}}A '''Possession and Acquisition Licence or "PAL"''' is a licence that ...ttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/05/17/guns-confiscation.html "RCMP gun confiscations prompt legal fight"]. CBC News, [[May 17]], [[2010]].</ref>

|type= [[Light machine gun]] |weight= 4.8 kg (10.6 lb) (RPK)<br/>5.1 kg (11 lb) (RPKS)<br/>4.7 kg (10 lb) (RPK-74)<br/>4.85 kg (10.7 lb) (RPKS-74)

{{gun |type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]]

...[http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/us-heller-brief-1-11-08.pdf ''2008 U.S. Department of Justice Heller amicus brief.''], 2004-08-2 ...erature on the Second Amendment is what standard of review should apply to gun control if the Amendment is read to protect an individual right to bear arm

...arge, and were fired from [[mortar]]s. The flash from the discharge of the gun was supposed to ignite the fuze which would burn through and detonate the g ...er to readily reach in, ignite the fuze, and get out of the way before the gun fired. The short barrel produced low [[muzzle velocity|muzzle velocities]]

... used by armies in the 18th century. However, in the 19th century, shotgun-type weapons were largely replaced on the battlefield with [[rifle]]s, which wer ... up to massive [[punt gun]]s with 5 cm (2 inch) bores, and in nearly every type of firearm operating mechanism. The common characteristics that make a sho

|name= Carbine, Machine, Sten |type= [[Submachine gun]]

|type= [[Assault rifle]] ....0 in) standard rifle-length barrel and a 621 mm (24.4 in) [[light machine gun]] barrel.<ref name="ezell_224">Ezell(1993) p. 224</ref> The AUG is a modula

|type= [[assault rifle]] |weight= 5.22 kg (11.5 lb)

|name= Vickers Medium Machine Gun |type= [[Medium machine gun]]

|type= [[rifle]] ...This fragmentation effect is highly dependent on velocity, and therefore [[Gun barrel|barrel]] length: short-barreled rifles generate less [[muzzle veloci

|type= Rifle |shoulder=11.35 mm (0.447 in)

{{gun |type= [[Light machine gun]]

... same time -- which is also admittedly difficult, but is necessary if this type of law is to work. ...ceed the limiting muzzle velocity. That, in turn, disqualified every such gun for the exemption. Each became, therefore, a "real firearm" -- one that, t

A '''cannon''' is a type of [[artillery]], usually large and tubular, that uses [[gunpowder]] or oth ... "cannon"] Webster's Dictionary</ref> The word has been used to refer to a gun since 1326 in Italy, and 1418 in England. ''Cannon'' serves both as the sin