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Originally Posted by GFED
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm designed to fire rifle cartridges in rapid succession from an ammunition belt or magazine for the purpose of suppressive fire.
Not all fully automatic firearms are machine guns. Submachine guns, rifles, assault rifles, battle rifles, shotguns, pistols or cannons may be capable of fully automatic fire, but are not designed for sustained fire.
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Your special definition isn't the definition in the dictionary, which is the one I posted above.
Here's another dictionary definition
A gun that fires rapidly and continuously as long as the trigger is held back.