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artillery	mounted large-caliber weapons, such as cannons or rocket launchers, used in land warfare and manned by a crew. [1/3 definitions]
Bren gun	a .303 caliber gas-operated submachine gun used by the British army in World War II.
bulldog	a type of revolver or pistol with a short barrel and large caliber. [1/3 definitions]
cal.¹	abbreviation of "caliber."
forty-five	a forty-five caliber pistol or revolver, or a cartridge of .45 inches in diameter to be used in such a gun. [1/3 definitions]
M-1	the basic .30-caliber U.S. military rifle used in World War II and the Korean War, which is semiautomatic and uses a clip.
M-16	the basic U.S. military rifle used in the Vietnam War, which is fully automatic and uses small-caliber, high-velocity ammunition.
small arm	(usu. pl.) a hand-held, low-caliber firearm, such as a pistol or rifle.
Thompson submachine gun	a portable .45-caliber submachine gun; tommy gun.
zip gun	a crude handmade pistol, usu. consisting of a piece of pipe attached to a wooden stock, that fires a .22-caliber bullet.

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