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Heavy machine gun
The
heavy machine gun
or
HMG
is a class of
machine gun
implying greater characteristics than
medium machine guns
.
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Machine gun
A
machine gun
is a
fully automatic
mounted or
portable firearm
, designed to fire
bullets
in quick succession from an
ammunition belt
or
magazine
, typically at a rate of 300 to 1800 rounds per minute. Fully automatic weapons are generally categorized as
submachine guns
,
assault rifles
,
battle rifles
,
automatic shotguns
, machine guns, or
autocannons
.
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