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Blueprint for an alternative aircraft gun installation, possibly for a Spitfire.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 176\1\  img038
Date  17th July 1940 guessed
  
OF GUNS
63 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION PER GUN
RATE OF FIRE 660 ROUNDS PER MINUTE PER GUN
MUZZLE VELOCITY 2820 FT/SEC.
ALTERNATIVE GUN INSTALLATION
BASED ON WEIGHT OF EXISTING 8-.303 B
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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