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autocannon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fully automatic projectile weapon similar to a machine gun, but firing shells instead of bullets and larger in calibre.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From auto- + cannon.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 機砲 /机炮 — weapon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機炮 /机炮 (jīpào) — weapon
  • Finnish: konetykki — weapon
  • German: Maschinenkanone — weapon
  • Indonesian: meriam otomatis — weapon
  • Japanese: 機関砲 (kikanhō) — weapon
  • Kazakh: автоматты зеңбірек (avtomatty zeñbırek) — weapon
  • Korean: 기관포 (gigwanpo) — weapon
  • Māori: pūteretere — weapon
  • Persian: توپ خودکار — weapon
  • Portuguese: canhão automático — weapon
  • Russian: автомати́ческая пу́шка (avtomatíčeskaja púška) — weapon
  • Vietnamese: pháo tự động — weapon
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