Six Machine Guns Fired by Single Operator
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Six Machine Guns Fired by Single Operator
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Six Machine Guns Fired by Single Operator
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To increase the deadliness of the machine gun, an American inventor has come to the fore with an apparatus that enables from two to six of the weapons to be handled by one operator and two assistants. The rifles can be fired separately, in groups, or simultaneously, as conditions dictate. They are mounted in a rack and controlled by different devices that regulate their respective elevations, ranges, and rates of fire. With the contrivance it is possible for one gunner to sweep six targets of varying ranges at the same time, or concentrate the whole fury of the battery upon one of them. If one or more of the rifles jam, or for some other reason fail to function, the action of the others is not interrupted. While che rest of the battery is firing, a crippled gun can be removed and another substituted in its place without causing interference: For use against air craft, the guns can be elevated to the desired degree and used in the same flexible manner as just outlined. The finder and elevating device are intended to eliminate inaccuracies, for the one determines the range with mathematical precision, while the other overcomes the common errors made in sighting. The actual operation of the guns is taken care of by one man. His assistants supply fresh cartridge belts to the rifles.
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-04
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593
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Iacopo Tonon
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Mechanics, v. 29, n. 4, 1918
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