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Aëroplanes and dirigibles of war (1915)

Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose, 1880- · London : W. Heinemann · leaf 236

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n the arm is being used as a quick-firer.In firing the gun is thrown forward under the pressureof the released air which occurs at the moment ofdischarge. The energy of the recoil brings the gunback and at the same time recharges the compressedair reservoir. The gun is so mounted upon its pedestal…

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