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Cooking off is a characteristic of certain [[machine gun]]s, especially those firing from a closed bolt, that are air-cooled, an ...k off or stoppage of the gun through metal expansion. For rifles with very light barrels, such as the M16, the long term sustained rate of fire is as low as

...s.dll/article?AID=/20080319/METRO/323214004/1001 Court weighs right to own guns]''; [http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-a-constitutional-right-to-a-gun Cou ...1701055.html "Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It's About Liberties, Not Guns"] by Paul Duggan, ''The Washington Post'', March 18 2007</ref>

...ould influence post-war small arms development (particularily in the [[M60 machine gun]]) and ultimately help shape the modern [[assault rifle]] concept.<ref ...n a forward roll, did not allow for heavier equipment such as rifles and [[machine gun]]s to be safely carried during jumps. At Crete, long-range rifle fire f

The '''Fusil Automatique Léger''' (Light Automatic Rifle) or '''FAL''' is a [[7.62x51 NATO]] [[Self-loading rifle|se ...gested that FN should redesign their rifle to fire the U.S. prototype '.30 Light Rifle' cartridge. FN decided to hedge their bets and cast their lot with th

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...eavy infantry '''Model 60-20''' machine gun, the '''Model 60-40''' coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the '''Model 60-30''' aircraft varia

|type= [[Light machine gun]] ...achine gun”) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] [[light machine gun]] developed by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|Fabrique Nationale]] (FN

The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used in World War II was actually a li ...|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s.

...e Factory]] adapted the action to a [[light machinegun]], the [[Huot light machine gun|Huot]], using surplus rifles. These were cheaper than the [[Lewis gun]] * Bodinson, Holt, "Sir Charles Ross and His Straight Pulls" ''Guns'', Vol. 58, No. 11, Issue 682, November 2012 (Publisher Development Corp.)

... [[Heckler & Koch]] USP .45 ACP [[handgun]] with a Surefire X200a Tactical Light, surrounded by [[Hollow-point bullet|hollow-point]] ammunition.]] ...round with a single manipulation of the [[trigger|firing device]] to be a "machine gun" for regulatory purposes. Other terms, including "firearm" itself, hav

... barrel. The [[Maxim gun]], invented in 1884, was the first self-powered [[machine gun]]. The first Gatling gun relied on a hand crank for external power. Som ...cticut National Guard had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to Saskatchewan in 1885 for use ag

...gned for that role. In modern practice, they are air-cooled medium machine guns firing rifle cartridges such as the [[7.62x51mm NATO]]. They are generally ... used as a GPMG traces back to World War I, where aircooled medium machine guns were used in many different roles, typically with larger magazines on aircr

...sted that they could solve their problems by firing models out of existing guns in order to gather real-world data. This was Bull's introduction to artille ...CARDE, now on the DRB's payroll, and continued working on the instrumented guns. On one of these trips, in 1953, he and a friend stopped in Charny after a

...s of an inch or in millimeters. Differing from the [[musket]], most modern guns are [[Rifling|rifled]], with a series of grooves spiraling along the barrel ...ad of [[lead shot|shot]] or a single projectile known as a slug, and the [[machine gun]], which is a fully-automatic weapon mounted on a tripod or bipod and i

...uns]] (not [[pump-action]] or semi-automatic), [[air rifles]], [[paintball guns]], and [[airsoft|airsoft/soft air rifles]] (depending on State). ...un]]s, rocket launchers, [[assault rifle]]s, [[flame-thrower]]s, anti-tank guns, Howitzers, [[artillery]], [[.50 BMG|.50-calibre BMG]] weapons, etc. (Colle

...long gun]]s such as [[rifle]]s and [[shotgun]]s, mounted weapons such as [[machine gun]]s and [[autocannon]]s, and larger weapons such as [[artillery]]. ...[semi-automatic pistol]]s, and [[Automatic firearm|fully automatic]], or [[machine pistol]]s.

[[Image:M2 machine gun.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[M2 Browning machine gun]] with a [[tripod]] weighs 58 kg (128&nbsp;lb).]] ...achine gun]] or one of the smaller, medium-caliber (rifle caliber) machine guns meant for prolonged firing from heavy mounts, less mobile, or static positi

|type= [[Assault rifle]] (G11)<br>[[Light machine gun]] (LMG11)<br>[[Personal defense weapon]] (G11 PDW) |variants= Assault Rifle<br>Light Machine Gun (LMG11)<br>Personal Defence Weapon (G11 PDW)

...lly adapted from the roller-locked recoil operating system of the [[MG42]] machine gun but with a fixed barrel and gas system. It was realized that with caref ... The '''AME 49''' under the name ''Carabine Mitrailleuse 1950'' (English: "machine carbine", German: ''Maschinenkarabiner'') was retained for production amon

...ttalions (one per each Marine Expeditionary Force and one reserve) and one light armored reconnaissance battalion; all are slated to deploy to Afghanistan i ...ored the best, with only 127 stoppages in 60,000 total rounds, the FN SCAR Light had 226 stoppages, while the HK416 had 233 stoppages. The M4 carbine scored

...]s & [[Mini-30]]s, [[AR-15]]s and clones, [[SKS]]es, [[M-11]]s and similar guns. For [[pistols]], you will have to have a [[barrel shroud|<s>shoulder thing Note that none of the above shoot [[.22 LR]]. The light recoil of this round will make the normal Hellfire difficult to use, though