machine gun

fully automatic mounted or portable firearm
Product weapon_type Q12800
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machine gun

Summary

machine gun is a weapon type[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • machine gun's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • machine gun is a type of automatic firearm[4].
  • machine gun is a type of selective fire firearm[5].
  • machine gun's Commons category is recorded as Machine guns[6].
  • machine gun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Machine guns[7].
  • machine gun's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • machine gun's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • machine gun's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • machine gun's described by source is recorded as vbbsmyt[11].
  • machine gun's described by source is recorded as vbbsmyt[12].
  • machine gun's different from is recorded as mitrailleuse[13].
  • machine gun's different from is recorded as self-loading firearm[14].
  • machine gun's different from is recorded as automatic firearm[15].
  • machine gun's different from is recorded as selective fire firearm[16].
  • machine gun's different from is recorded as submachine gun[17].
  • machine gun's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[18].
  • machine gun's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for machine gun include Mitragliere[20], a destroyer[21].

Why It Matters

machine gun has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for it include Mitragliere[20], a destroyer[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0215051-kulomety, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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