The losses inflicted on the enemy by machine-gun and rifle and. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
The menacing rattle of machine-gun fire echoes in the distance. From Wordnik.com. ['It's War Now'] Reference
"There was mortar coming in, a bit of machine-gun fire," says Duncan. From Wordnik.com. [Listening To The Voices Of The Century] Reference
Baluch ended up in hospital with machine-gun bullets in his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan war logs: Secret CIA paramilitaries' role in civilian deaths] Reference
A hundred rounds fly whining through the night from a Fritz machine-gun. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
Circling round the French machine they assailed it with machine-gun fire. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
She misses the part where they fire live machine-gun bullets over our heads. From Wordnik.com. [Boot Camp: Training To Cover A War] Reference
They were accompanied by a portion of the mounted infantry and a machine-gun. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
As soon as they touched down, "the place lit up" with rocket and machine-gun fire. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Rocket Propelled Grenades splinter M-60 machine-gun nest made of fallen tree trunks. From Wordnik.com. [Fuck with death....again.] Reference
Wims pulled back just in time to avoid falling into a well camouflaged machine-gun nest. From Wordnik.com. [I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon] Reference
But there is also another constant: the uninterrupted crackle of rebel machine-gun fire. From Wordnik.com. ['Like A Meat Grinder'] Reference
They asked the Navy for half a dozen machine-gun experts ... and they got in touch with. From Wordnik.com. [‘My Father’s Secret War’] Reference
Too bad for her: she misses the part where they fire live machine-gun bullets over our heads. From Wordnik.com. [Boot Camp For Gonzos] Reference
A. Russell showed great coolness in working the machine-gun, which he did with marked success. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The whole of the vehicle is encased in armour-plating impervious to rifle and machine-gun fire. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
I stood in line for a ride at the fair and fired my mouth machine-gun until a man asked me to stop. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Quiet Evening] Reference
This is probably the first time in land fighting that such a piece was ever silenced by machine-gun fire. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
As the machine-gun bullets came through the fuselage, they instinctively put their hands over their crotches. From Wordnik.com. [The Kids Who Changed The World] Reference
Procter's honey-sweet Carolina drawl was a beautiful counterpoint to all that New England machine-gun staccato. From Wordnik.com. [Best Sex Scene, Most Pointless Tv Cliffhanger, Worst Line In A Movie] Reference
“Blocking units” were set up behind Red Army lines with orders to machine-gun any soldiers who tried to retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Stalin’s Tipping Point] Reference
At altitudes ranging between 4,000 and 6,000 feet the aeroplane comes within the range of rifle and machine-gun firing. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Some 70 of them have died since last month, when guerrillas began to machine-gun floating villages as the people slept. From Wordnik.com. [Reliving The Nightmare] Reference
One of the Middlesex crossing a clearing in the trees was wiped out by machine-gun fire and toppled over into the canal. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
She intimated, in the event of hostilities, her willingness to send 250 mounted infantry and a machine-gun to the front. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The former construction worker crouches low to avoid a burst of machine-gun fire from a Yugoslav tank some 500 yards away. From Wordnik.com. ['We Believe In Our Guns'] Reference
I'm sprinting across a field, the helicopter rotors so deafening that I can't tell where the machine-gun fire is coming from. From Wordnik.com. [Boot Camp: Training To Cover A War] Reference
When Razor 4 hit the LZ they were met with heavy machine-gun fire, but they dropped off the team before hobbling back to base. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Creeping over through the night one half of the journey was accomplished ... in one piercing whine of spiteful machine-gun fire. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
The patrol returned to the Muthanna Airbase at around 3 p.m., just in time for machine-gun fire to start echoing over the base. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle for Haifa Street] Reference
Passing in front of a wall now riddled with machine-gun bullets, they raced to the roof and piled into a "bumblebee" helicopter. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The Invasion] Reference
But this is clad in 130 ceramic tiles, supposedly tough enough stop heavy machine-gun fire and deflect the blast of incoming RPGs. From Wordnik.com. [Faulty Armor?] Reference
This is one reason why the machine-gun armament of aerial craft of the heavier-than-air type has not undergone extensive development. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
The fighting was fierce at first, with Marines coming under sustained machine-gun and rifle fire from tree lines and mud-walled compounds. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Takes On Taliban in U.K.'s Wake] Reference
I'm sprinting across an open field, the roar of helicopter rotors so deafening that I can't tell where the machine-gun fire is coming from. From Wordnik.com. [Boot Camp For Gonzos] Reference
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