[DOC] [TLE] Machine Gun - AutoCWW2 [PAR] Machine Gun, type of heavy military weapon that fires ammunition continuously. 
... The user of a machine gun can fire a constant and rapid stream of ammunition 
merely by ... Early machine guns used air or water cooling, but these guns were 
often ... or long belts of ammunition for continuous firing with minimum reloading. [DOC] [TLE] Machine gun - Wikipedia [PAR] A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, designed to fire 
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Gatling  Who Was The First To Invent A Rapid-Fire Gun? ... ONE OF THE 
GREAT ironies of history is that the inventor of the first modern machine gun, Dr. 
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fired... [DOC] [TLE] American Machine Cannon and Dynamite Guns [PAR] The Gatling gun, the Gardner, the Lowell, the Hotchkiss, the dynamite guns, and 
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foreshadowed the punishing ways that rapid-fire weapons would be used ... 
Gatling, the first reasonably reliable weapon that could provide continuous rifle 
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CONSTANTINE CHASE, First Lieutenant Third Artillery, Adjutant and Secretary of 
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..... exceptionally rapid and continuous fire can be sustained by assigning

Question: The Gatling gun was the first practical one of these guns that fire a rapid, continuous stream of bullets
Answer: machine gun