"medium machine gun" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmiː.diː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmi.di.əm məˈʃin ɡʌn/ [Canada, General-American, Scotland], /ˈmiː.diː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡɐn/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /- ɡan/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /ˈmiː.ɖiː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡan/ [India] Forms: medium machine guns [plural], MMG [alternative]
enPR: mē′dē-əm mə-shēn′ gŭn Head templates: {{en-noun}} medium machine gun (plural medium machine guns)
  1. A belt-fed machine gun firing a full-powered rifle cartridge, and is considered “medium” in weight (15–40 lb or 6.8–18.1 kg).
    Sense id: en-medium_machine_gun-en-noun-wjxhbgx1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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