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...er cover, recoil spring, and bolt carrier.<ref name="popeneker">Popeneker, Maxim & Williams, Anthony. ''Assault Rifle'' The Crowood Press Ltd. (2005) ISBN 1 ... in design. Curved 30-round L4A1 magazines from the 7.62 NATO caliber Bren Gun are interchangeable with the 30-round L2A1 magazines, however they reputedl

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...antry '''Model 60-20''' machine gun, the '''Model 60-40''' coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the '''Model 60-30''' aircraft variant.

|type= [[Light machine gun]] ...un”) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] [[light machine gun]] developed by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|Fabrique Nationale]] (FN) in

[[Image:Gatling gun.jpg|thumb|An 1876 Gatling gun preserved at Fort Laramie National Historic Site]] ...urn the barrels. Later still, electric motors supplied external power. The gun was designed by the American inventor [[Richard Jordan Gatling|Dr. Richard

[[Image:M2 machine gun.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[M2 Browning machine gun]] with a [[tripod]] weighs 58 kg (128&nbsp;lb).]] ...avy machine gun''' refers to either a larger-caliber, high-power [[machine gun]] or one of the smaller, medium-caliber (rifle caliber) machine guns meant

|name = Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim |image = Maxim portrait.jpg

*[[Skoda M1909 machine gun]] *[[Hotchkiss M1909 Benet-Mercie machine gun|Hotchkiss M1909]]

This is an extensive list of [[small arms]] — [[pistol]], [[machine gun]], [[grenade launcher]], [[anti-tank rifle]] — that includes variants (mo *[[Adams-Wilmont]] (UK - Aircraft Machine Gun - .303 British)

*[[Gatling Gun]] (US - [[Machine Gun]] - 1862) *[[Maxim Gun]] (UK - Machine Gun - 1883)

...ile of old [[Mosin-Nagant]]s in the basement of the president of the local gun club would be pretty fucking pointless, no?'''), or situations where rapid ...y accessible when it is needed. It is crucial to remember the now-overused maxim, "Two is one; one is none." Establish as many re-supply caches, in as many

{{gun ...a self-loading [[pistol]] in the 1880s, but was preoccupied with [[machine gun]]s. Nevertheless, the application of his principle of using bullet energy t

|caption= Browning Model 1917A1 water cooled machine gun |type= [[Heavy machine gun]]

...ning]]'s design has been one of the longest serving and successful machine gun designs]] ...gun. The original Maxim of the 1880s was the first fully automatic machine gun, as well as using a [[Belt (ammo)|belt of linked ammunition]] rather than a

...troops defeat Ijebu infantry in modern-day Nigeria, using a single [[maxim gun]].

...e:M240G-0167-2004-01.jpg|thumb|300px|U.S. Marines firing an [[M240 machine gun|M240G]] at Camp Hansen, Okinawa]] ...They occupy a gray area between [[light machine gun]]s and [[heavy machine gun]]s.

...iring the recoil from the cartridge pushes the barrel backwards within the gun. This movement provides the energy required to extract and eject the spent ... booster. This application has largely fallen out of use as modern machine gun design switched to [[Blowback|delayed blowback]] and [[gas operation]] in m

...y used as an appeal to reinstate [[Federal assault weapons ban|ineffective gun laws]] that expired in [[2004]]. The claim — still active among the less But anti-gun politicians rarely miss a chance to call for more control even if the laws

...ame weapon mounted within the cramped confines of a tank or self-propelled gun. This is because the crew operating in the open can move more freely and ca For automatic weapons such as [[machine gun]]s, the rate of fire is primarily a mechanical property.

...ted]], [[Gas-Operated|gas operated]], [[Gatling Gun|gatling]], and [[chain gun|chain]]. ...rk best when using a cartridge with a [[grain]] size (mass) near where the gun's action was originally optimized or tuned in terms of momentum. For examp

...the trigger. This type of firearm uses a single [[chamber]] and a single [[gun barrel|barrel]], which remain in a fixed linear orientation relative to eac ... for supplying new ammunition to reload the chamber to be able to fire the gun again. The removable magazine is typically located inside a hand grip. Typi

...e [[USA]], in 1890, a patent for smokeless powder was obtained by [[Hudson Maxim]]. ...cts, which could otherwise cause corrosion of metals of the cartridges and gun barrels, calcium carbonate is added to some formulations.

...5count-terr-wiki.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Heckler & Koch]] [[MP5]] submachine gun is widely used by law enforcement tactical teams and military forces.]] ...rm]] that combines the [[automatic firearm|automatic fire]] of a [[machine gun]] with the [[cartridge]] of a [[pistol]], and is usually between the two in

...loped in parallel with the firearm suppressor by [[Hiram Percy Maxim|Hiram Maxim]], using many of the same techniques to provide quieter-running engines. [[Image:Maxim patent drawing.png|right|250px|thumb|Diagram from Maxim's 1908 silencer patent 916,885<ref>Parker, ''Firearm Suppressor Patents: Vo

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

...the World 11th Edition'', Book by Frank C. Barnes, Edited by Stan Skinner, Gun Digest Books, 2006, ISBN 0-89689-297-2 p. 349</ref> ...Enfield]], [[FN FAL]], [[Bren]], [[M1 Garand rifle|M1 Garand]] and [[Taden gun]]. Despite its success as an intermediate cartridge, the .280 British was n

...] developed for the [[M2 Browning machine gun|Browning .50 Caliber machine gun]] in the late 1910s. Entering service officially in 1921, the round is base ...arlos Hathcock]] in 1967, using the same round in an [[M2 Browning Machine Gun]] equipped with a telescopic sight. This weapon was used by other snipers,

...rds, including purchaser's name, the date of sale and a description of the gun. ...g]] filed for a patent for what would be the [[M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun]]'s operating mechanism. It was one of Browning's earliest patents for auto

{{gun ...s. As a result, armies sought a cartridge and rifle combining [[submachine gun]] features (large-capacity magazine, selective-fire) with an intermediate-p

''And the gun went root-a-toot-toot.<br> ...aggression. Central to the belief system of radical gender feminism is the maxim that firearms constitute the phallic symbol of male violence, and are symbo

*[[Coach Gun]] *[[Elephant Gun]]s

...clared in ''Brown v. United States'' when upholding the no duty to retreat maxim that ''detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifte ...later"), asserting that the presumptions and other protections afforded to gun owners allow them virtual carte blanche to shoot anyone who is perceived to

...to only trigger the gun when the propeller's blade was not in front of the gun. *[[M1941 Johnson machine gun]]

|title= Hiram Stevens Maxim |image= Maxim portrait.jpg

|title= Hiram Stevens Maxim |image= Maxim portrait.jpg

...ik Lorenz, and the weapons plant in Berlin. Shares that Loewe had in other gun- and ammunition plants were transferred to DWM. This included [[Waffenfabri ... of the [[Maxim machine gun]]. The MG08 would be the main German [[machine gun]] of the [[First World War]], alongside the somewhat different, air cooled