medium machine gun
English
Alternative forms
- (abbreviation) MMG
Pronunciation
- enPR: mē′dē-əm mə-shēn′ gŭn
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.diː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/
- (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈmi.di.əm məˈʃin ɡʌn/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.diː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡɐn/, /- ɡan/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.ɖiː.əm məˈʃiːn ɡan/
- Hyphenation: me‧di‧um ma‧chine gun
Noun
medium machine gun (plural medium machine guns)
- A belt-fed machine gun firing a full-powered rifle cartridge, and is considered “medium” in weight (15–40 lb or 6.8–18.1 kg).[1][2]
- Hypernym: machine gun
References
- ^ "The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica", Promeet, Dutta, Lotha, Gloria, Singh, Shiveta, Chauhan, Yamini, Tikkanen, Amy, Ray, Michael, Rodriguez, Emily, Gaur, Aakanksha (20 July 1998) “Machine gun | History, Description, & Facts”, in Britannica[1] (encyclopaedia), Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., archived from the original on 7 March 2025: “The medium machine gun, or general-purpose machine gun, is belt-fed, mounted on a bipod or tripod, and fires full-power rifle ammunition.”
- ^ Popenker, Maxim R., Williams, Anthony G. (2008) “Part 1: 1 Historical Summary”, in Machine Gun: The Development of the Machine Gun from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day[2] (non-fiction; hardcover), Ramsbury: Crowood, published 2008, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19, column 1, lines 8–13: “First were the more established, heavy guns usually installed on substantial, adjustable mountings (today known as medium machine guns or MMGs), which were almost invariably belt-fed, recoil-operated, and water-cooled (the exception on all counts being the Hotchkiss M1914).”