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A firearm built for sustained automatic fire. Machine guns are distinguished from assault rifles and battle rifles by size and ammunition capacity.
Machine Guns are divided into three categories:
Light_Machine_Guns use intermediate-power cartridges, and are usually operated by one person.
Medium Machine Guns are loaded with full-power rifle cartridges and serve in both infantry and emplaced roles. Unlike light machine guns, these guns require a crew to operate, due to their bulk.
Heavy_Machine_Guns fire large-caliber cartridges-between 12 and 15 mm. Because of their size, they are typically restricted to stationary positions.
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The following tags are aliased to this tag: machinegun (learn more).
This tag implicates gun (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: mg42, pkm, mg3, m240, heavy_machine_gun, mg34, m249, rpd, lewis_gun, type_99_light_machine_gun, and m1918_bar (learn more).