Definition of Vickers-Maxim automatic machine gun
Vick´ers-Max´im automatic machine gun
1.
An
automatic
machine
gun
in
which
the
mechanism
is
worked
by
the
recoil
,
assisted
by
the
pressure
of
gases
from
the
muzzle
,
which
expand
in
a
gas
chamber
against
a
disk
attached
to
the
end
of
the
barrel
,
thus
moving
the
latter
to
the
rear
with
increased
recoil
,
and
against
the
front
wall
of
the
gas
chamber
,
checking
the
recoil
of
the
system
.
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