Usually means: Rapid-fire, mechanically-driven machine gun.
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  1. chain gun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. chain gun: Wiktionary
  3. Chain gun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A machine gun or autocannon that uses an external power source via a continuous loop of chain.

Similar:
chainshot, chain shot, chain-shot, coilgun, machine gun, line gun, Gatling, angel shot, railgun, electric gun, more...

Phrases:
M230 chain gun, L94A1 chain gun, more...

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Similar:
chainshot, chain shot, chain-shot, coilgun, machine gun, line gun, Gatling, angel shot, railgun, electric gun, more...

Phrases:
M230 chain gun, L94A1 chain gun, more...



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