He ordered his men to try to stop them with sustained fire.

Barrels are Stellite lined for sustained fire and extended life.

Very heavy sustained fire from an automatic weapon would chew them off just like that.

In addition the gun could also be easily converted to water cooling for sustained fire.

This could amount to less than 60 seconds of sustained fire.

While one row was being fed into the gun, the other could be reloaded, thus allowing sustained fire.

It would later be forced to withdraw due to sustained anti-aircraft fire.

New enemies, more than 30 who immediately took up sustained fire.

This design proved to be vulnerable to overheating, especially during periods of sustained fire.

Unfortunately, it quickly became clear that the gun was too heavy to be easily moved, while at the same time too light for sustained fire.