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<p>Updating categorization</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A &#039;&#039;&#039;machine gun&#039;&#039;&#039; is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire bullets in quick succession from an ammunition belt or magazine.<br /> Fully automatic weapons are generally categorized as [[submachine guns]], machine guns, or [[autocannons]]. Submachine guns are hand-held automatic weapons for personal defense or short-range combat firing pistol-caliber rounds. A machine gun is often portable to a certain degree, but is generally used when attached to a mount, is part of a heavy vehicle, or is fired from the ground on a bipod or tripod, and generally fires a rifle or small cannon cartridge and is capable of sustained fire. Light machine guns are small enough to be fired hand-held, but are more effective when fired from a prone position. The difference between machine guns and autocannons more or less size and whether the gun fires conventional bullets or explosive rounds. Guns firing large-caliber explosive rounds are generally considered either autocannons or [[automatic grenade launchers]] (&quot;grenade machine guns&quot;), though it should be noted that there is no clear dividing line between what is an autocannon and what is a machine gun. <br /> <br /> [[Category:Ballistic Weapons]][[Category:Slug Throwers]]</div>

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