Definition of Browning machine gun

1. Noun. A belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War.

Exact synonyms: Peacemaker
Generic synonyms: Machine Gun

Lexicographical Neighbors of Browning Machine Gun

Brown bounce
Browncoat
Browncoats
Browne
Brownean
Brownian
Brownian motion
Brownian movement
Brownie
Brownie point
Brownie points
Brownies
Browning
Browning's vein
Browning automatic rifle
Browning machine gun
Brownism
Brownist
Brownists
Brownite
Brownites
Brownrigg
Brownshirt
Brownshirts
Brownsville
Bruce
Bruce Lee
Bruce effect
Brucella canis
Brucella suis

Literary usage of Browning machine gun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Two Thousand Questions and Answers about the War: A Catechism of the Methods by The Review of reviews (1918)
"The browning machine gun (a heavier type than the rifle) has a ... Q.—How is the browning machine gun fired? A.—It is on a tripod and the gunner kneels or ..."

2. The Army Behind the Army by Edward Alexander Powell (1919)
"... of the Browning Aircraft machine-gun, as it was feared that to do so might interfere with the production of the Browning machine-gun for ground use. ..."

3. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"... is interchangeable for all four weapons, the Springfield, the modified Enfield, the light Browning automatic rifle, and the heavy browning machine gun. ..."

4. Inventions of the Great War by Alexander Russell Bond (1919)
"44 browning machine gun, weighing 341/£ pounds . 45 Browning machine rifle, weight only 15 pounds 45 Lewis machine-guns in action at the front . ..."

5. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1917)
"The Browning heavy machine gun is of THE browning machine gun Copyright by Committee on Public Information. From Underwood &• Underwood. ..."

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