Sentence examples for firing machineguns from inspiring English sources
In the north, rebels, some from Islamist units, attacked the Afis military airport near Taftanaz air base, firing machineguns and mortars at helicopters on the ground to try and make a dent in Assad's air might, the Observatory said.
Haitham, an activist in Damascus, said troops were also firing machineguns from roadblocks that encircle the suburbs.
In the seven months of the latest uprising, Palestinians have launched mortar attacks on the settlements in Gaza, have fired machineguns at settlements, such as Gilo, in East Jerusalem, and have ambushed vehicles on settler roads in the West Bank.
As my colleague points out, this one gets part marks just for being a video of Riga "that isn't full of pissed-up stag parties firing unlicensed machineguns at shop mannequins".
The director of one American bank recalls that "the machineguns started firing on day one, with anyone over 50 in the front rank".
In Damascus, government helicopters hovered near the main Abbaside Square on Sunday and fired rockets and machineguns at eastern residential neighbourhoods where rebels continued guerrilla attacks against loyalists, residents said.
The operation started by firing at the airbase with machineguns loaded on pickups from all directions.
Attackers often give up when 12.7mm machineguns are fired into the water, creating a big splash.
