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has gloss | eng: The Gardner gun was an early type of mechanical machine gun. It had one or two barrels, was fed from a vertical magazine or hopper and was operated by a crank. When the crank was turned, a feed arm positioned a cartridge in the breech, the bolt closed and the weapon fired. Turning the crank further opened the breechblock and extracted the spent round. |
lexicalization | eng: Gardner gun |
instance of | (noun) an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated Gatling gun |
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media:img | Gardner gun 1888.jpg |
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