Soon, though, the increased use of rapid-fire guns by defending troops neutralized the advantage.

By that time, the guards who'd been shooting blanks from the rapid-fire gun got in a clip of live rounds and fired at him.

Three men rushed from the bridge and manned a rapid-fire gun on the bow.

Possibly, though, these had come from the rapid-fire gun handled by the Boche airman.

The battery initially held two, later increased to three, 3" rapid-fire guns.

Her rapid-fire guns protected the carriers against aerial attack.

This made Texas highly vulnerable to rapid-fire guns using high-explosive shells.

Also, her two 5-inch rapid-fire naval guns had some capability for antiaircraft defense.

Rising from his seat in the stern, he hailed the officer who was sighting the rapid-fire gun.

When one has deadly rapid-fire guns, one does not attack in solid masses.