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What (who) is machine-gun - definition
![German]] machine gunner in World War I. He is operating an [[MG 08]], wearing a [[Stahlhelm]] and [[cuirass]] to protect him from shell fragments, and protected by rows of [[barbed wire]] and [[sandbag]]s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Armouredgermanmachinegunnerworldwari.JPG?width=200 "German]] machine gunner in World War I. He is operating an [[MG 08]], wearing a [[Stahlhelm]] and [[cuirass]] to protect him from shell fragments, and protected by rows of [[barbed wire]] and [[sandbag]]s.")
![Detail of an 8-chambered [[matchlock]] revolver (Germany c. 1580)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drehling GNM W1984 ca 1580.jpg?width=200 "Detail of an 8-chambered [[matchlock]] revolver (Germany c. 1580)")
![GAU-17/A]] Minigun, an externally powered weapon.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gau 17 7.62mm minigun.jpg?width=200 "GAU-17/A]] Minigun, an externally powered weapon.")
![Sumitomo M2 heavy machine gun]] mounted at the rear](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JGSDF Type73 Light Truck 20081025-2.JPG?width=200 "Sumitomo M2 heavy machine gun]] mounted at the rear")
![Universal Machine gun Model 1959]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kulomet UK-L vzor 59.jpg?width=200 "Universal Machine gun Model 1959]]")
![[[Lewis gun]] reloading mechanism action](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lewis gun reloading mechanism.gif?width=200 "[[Lewis gun]] reloading mechanism action")
![M2 machine gun]]: [[John Browning]]'s design has been one of the longest-serving and most successful machine gun designs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M2 Browning, Musée de l'Armée.jpg?width=200 "M2 machine gun]]: [[John Browning]]'s design has been one of the longest-serving and most successful machine gun designs")
![MG 42 with retracted [[bipod]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MG42 Sideview.jpg?width=200 "MG 42 with retracted [[bipod]]")
![Collection of old machine guns in the [[Međimurje County Museum]] ([[Čakovec]], [[Croatia]]). From rear to front: Austro-Hungarian Schwarzlose M7/12, British Lewis, German MG 08.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Muzej Međimurja, Čakovec (Croatia) - mitraljezi.jpg?width=200 "Collection of old machine guns in the [[Međimurje County Museum]] ([[Čakovec]], [[Croatia]]). From rear to front: Austro-Hungarian Schwarzlose M7/12, British Lewis, German MG 08.")
![Replica [[Puckle Gun]] from [[Bucklers Hard]] Maritime Museum](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Puckle gun Photo.jpg?width=200 "Replica [[Puckle Gun]] from [[Bucklers Hard]] Maritime Museum")
![submachine]] with 70-round drum magazine attached, 20- and 50-round box magazines.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suomi M31 Torpin Tykit 2.JPG?width=200 "submachine]] with 70-round drum magazine attached, 20- and 50-round box magazines.")
![British]] [[Vickers machine gun]] in action near [[Ovillers]] during the [[Battle of the Somme]] in 1916. The crew is wearing [[gas masks]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks.jpg?width=200 "British]] [[Vickers machine gun]] in action near [[Ovillers]] during the [[Battle of the Somme]] in 1916. The crew is wearing [[gas masks]].")
Wikipedia
A machine gun is a fully automatic, rifled autoloading firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as automatic shotguns and automatic rifles (including assault rifles and battle rifles) are typically designed more for firing short bursts rather than continuous firepower, and are not considered true machine guns.
As a class of military kinetic projectile weapon, machine guns are designed to be mainly used as infantry support weapons and generally used when attached to a bipod or tripod, a fixed mount or a heavy weapons platform for stability against recoils. Many machine guns also use belt feeding and open bolt operation, features not normally found on other infantry firearms.
Machine guns can be further categorized as light machine guns, medium machine guns, heavy machine guns, general purpose machine guns and squad automatic weapons.
Similar automatic firearms of 20 mm (0.79 in) caliber or more are classified as autocannons, rather than machine guns.
