Below you will find example sentences with "machine guns". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Machine Guns in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: machine
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "machine guns" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 14 18 machine guns were forward, 7 7mm machine guns, mounted, gun and light stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with machine learning, turing machine, machine gun, turing machine and machine translation, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with machine guns
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Machine guns with multiple rotating barrels are referred to as "rotary machine guns". (13 words)
They are typically fitted with either machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, recoilless rifles or rocket launchers. (16 words)
For maritime patrol services, these craft are usually quite well armed with machine guns and 37mm antiaircraft guns. (18 words)
Individual shots were unlikely to hit, but a platoon firing repeatedly could produce a 'beaten ground' effect similar to light artillery or machine guns; but experience in World War I showed that long-range fire was best left to the machine gun. (42 words)
Recording A man recording the sound of a saw in the 1930s The most realistic sound effects may originate from original sources; the closest sound to machine-gun fire that we can replay should be an original recording of actual machine guns. (42 words)
Some vehicles mount more machine guns; for example, on the German Marder, one machine gun fires from the rear of the vehicle, and the Russian BMP-3 has two machine guns mounted in the hull facing forward. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Some vehicles mount more machine guns; for example, on the German Marder, one machine gun fires from the rear of the vehicle, and the Russian BMP-3 has two machine guns mounted in the hull facing forward.
They include, inter alia, revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, sub-machine guns, assault rifles and light machine guns.
Indians tried to use light machine guns on the medium machine guns from the Chinese but after 10 minutes the battle was over.
Light machine guns often have a butt stock attached, while vehicle and tripod mounted machine guns usually have spade grips.
Machine guns with multiple rotating barrels are referred to as "rotary machine guns".
Production models of "Male" tanks (armed with naval cannon and machine guns) and "Females" (carrying only machine-guns) would go on to fight in history's first tank action at the Somme in September 1916.
The automatic mechanisms of machine guns were applied to handguns, giving rise to automatic pistols (and eventually machine pistols ) such as the Borchardt (1890s) and later submachine guns (such as the Beretta 1918 ).
The tank was envisioned as an armoured machine that could cross ground under fire from machine guns and respond with fire from mounted guns.
As technology improves, Mr. Stefanov and others said, amateur gunmakers will most likely be able to use untraceable parts to build guns that fire like machine guns.
Static defenses included a powerful collection of weapons, including dozens of heavy guns and howitzers and 580 machine guns.
For maritime patrol services, these craft are usually quite well armed with machine guns and 37mm antiaircraft guns.
Most of its 14–18 machine guns were forward-facing for strafing missions, including the two guns of the forward-located dorsal turret.
The kind of weapons mounted on technicals varies widely, from light machine guns to anti-aircraft guns and even BMP-1 turrets.
They are typically fitted with either machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, recoilless rifles or rocket launchers.
Pilots would rely on the machine’s speed and agility to close with an enemy, finishing the job with two Type 89 7.7mm machine guns.
Closeup of M2 – This machine gun is part of a complex armament subsystem; it is aimed and fired from the aircraft rather than directly Modern machine guns are commonly mounted in one of four ways.
Individual shots were unlikely to hit, but a platoon firing repeatedly could produce a 'beaten ground' effect similar to light artillery or machine guns; but experience in World War I showed that long-range fire was best left to the machine gun.
Medium and heavy machine guns are either mounted on a tripod or on a vehicle; when carried on foot, the machine gun and associated equipment (tripod, ammunition, spare barrels) require additional crew members.
Overview of modern machine guns A Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck Shīn with a Sumitomo M2 heavy machine gun mounted at the rear with foliage used to camouflage the vehicle from sight.
Recording A man recording the sound of a saw in the 1930s The most realistic sound effects may originate from original sources; the closest sound to machine-gun fire that we can replay should be an original recording of actual machine guns.