Vickers-maxim automatic machine gun
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An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked bythe recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, whichexpand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of thebarrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, andagainst the front wall of the gas chamber, checking the recoil of thesystem.
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