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A machine gun is a rapid-firing automatic
GUN. The Maxim (named after its inventor,
US-born British engineer H S Maxim
(1840-1916)) of 1884 was recoil-operated, but
some later types have been gas-operated
(Bren) or recoil assisted by gas (some
versions of the Browning).
Subject by: George Sweeney