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machine gun
兵士が機関銃を構えた。
The soldier aimed his machine gun.
遠くで機関銃の音が聞こえた。
The sound of a machine gun was heard in the distance.
機関銃は20世紀の戦争の様相を一変させた。
Machine guns completely changed the nature of 20th-century warfare.