Airplane Gun Fires Backward

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Said to be the first of its type, a machine gun that fires backward is being used by the British Royal Air Force. It is fitted under the plane’s nose in position to guard the tail and engage attackers who come up from below. The backward-firing gun is operated by the navigator, who aims it through a series of mirrors.

Title (Dublin Core): Airplane Gun Fires Backward
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Machine Guns
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Airplane Gun Fires Backward
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): [–][+]World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1941-04
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, vol. 75, n. 4, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 519
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
References (Dublin Core): [–][+]Great Britain; [–][+]Royal Air Force
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): [–][+]United Kingdom

Item sets: Wars of Wonders; checked

Media: Airplane Gun Fires Backward