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- noun A
rapid-fire projectile weapon with a largercalibre than amachine gun .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Newer: « Israeli 20mm AA autocannon on a TCM-20 turret.
Helicoptor Refueling – Jump Bay View | My[confined]Space 2009
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Reynolds also seems to have developed a hitherto unsuspected superb aptitude for writing great battle sequences, with heavy autocannon-armed airships blasting away at one another, the repelling of boarding actions and so on.
Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds Adam Whitehead 2009
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Older: Israeli 20mm AA autocannon on a TCM-20 turret. »
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Older: Israeli 20mm AA autocannon on a TCM-20 turret. »
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Reynolds also seems to have developed a hitherto unsuspected superb aptitude for writing great battle sequences, with heavy autocannon-armed airships blasting away at one another, the repelling of boarding actions and so on.
Archive 2009-12-01 Adam Whitehead 2009
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Newer: « Israeli 20mm AA autocannon on a TCM-20 turret.
Helicoptor Refueling – Jump Bay View | My[confined]Space 2009
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The top landing-stages and terraces of the palace were almost obscured by the flashes of autocannon shells and the smoke and dust of projectiles.
Space Viking Piper, H. Beam 1963
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The top landing-stages and terraces of the palace were almost obscured by the flashes of autocannon shells and the smoke and dust of projectiles.
Space Viking Piper, H. Beam 1963
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Its main weapon is the widely used M242 Bushmaster 25mm autocannon, which has a 1.5-mile range and variable rates of fire.
CNET News.com 2011
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This is a 13 ton, two seat, single engine aircraft that is also available as a combat model (the F-50), which carries a 20mm autocannon and up to three tons of bombs and missiles.
StrategyPage.com 2010
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