light machine gun

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Noun

light machine gun (plural light machine guns)

  2. A lightweight machine gun designed to be operated by a single person; such guns use rifle cartridges, whereas submachine guns use pistol cartridges.
    Alternative form: LMG (initialism)
    Hypernyms: MG, machine gun < firearm < gun < weapon
    Coordinate terms: SMG, submachine gun, MMG, medium machine gun, HMG, heavy machine gun, GPMG, general-purpose machine gun

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