Bren
a .303-caliber, gas-operated, air-cooled, clip-fed submachine gun.
Historical Examples
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed
noun
an air-cooled gas-operated light machine gun taking .303 calibre ammunition: used by British and Commonwealth forces in World War II
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