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    Bjfajl: A Modern Aircraft Gun

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    The document discusses the Vickers Class K machine gun used by the RAF. It has a high rate of fire of 950-1200 rounds per minute and is compact in size. The gun operates smoothly with low recoil, making it easy to aim and control. It has few external moving parts and minimal exposed surface area.

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    Bjfajl: A Modern Aircraft Gun

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    The document discusses the Vickers Class K machine gun used by the RAF. It has a high rate of fire of 950-1200 rounds per minute and is compact in size. The gun operates smoothly with low recoil, making it easy to aim and control. It has few external moving parts and minimal exposed surface area.

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    The document discusses the Vickers Class K machine gun used by the RAF. It has a high rate of fire of 950-1200 rounds per minute and is compact in size. The gun operates smoothly with low recoil, making it easy to aim and control. It has few external moving parts and minimal exposed surface area.

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    Bjfajl: A Modern Aircraft Gun

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    The document discusses the Vickers Class K machine gun used by the RAF. It has a high rate of fire of 950-1200 rounds per minute and is compact in size. The gun operates smoothly with low recoil, making it easy to aim and control. It has few external moving parts and minimal exposed surface area.

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    / FLIGHT, July 27.

    A MODERN AIRCRAFT
    GUN i
    Features of the Pickers K Machine Gun
    as Supplied to the R.A.F. : Compactness
    and High Rate of Fire

    D E S P I T E t h e renaissance of shell-firing a r m a m e n t
    a n d t h e m a r k e d t r e n d t o w a r d s guns of larger calibre,
    t h e small-bore, high-speed machine gun still holds
    pride of place in t h e aeronautical a r m o u r y . Great
    Britain, more t h a n a n y other country, h a s developed in-
    stallations of multiple m a c h i n e guns, b o t h fixed a n d in
    power-driven t u r r e t s . Flight, with t h e co-operation of
    F i t . L t . T . Le G. P y n c h e s , of Vickers-Armstrongs, was
    recently p e r m i t t e d to visit t h e c o m p a n y ' s factory a t Cray-
    ford a n d t o inspect the Vickers Class K machine gun, one
    of t h e latest weapons to be a d o p t e d by t h e R . A . F . , a n d
    probably t h e most successful gun of its t y p e in t h e world.
    On t h e t o p floor of t h e immense camouflaged main build-
    ing at Crayford we m e t Major Kilner, general manager, of

    t h e S o u t h e r n W o r k s , who
    h a n d e d u s over t o Mr.
    P . R . Higson, t h e chief

    BjfajL
    designer, a n d Mr. R. Wan-
    for, p r o d u c t i o n manager.
    T h e u n i q u e features of
    t h e Model K were ex-
    plained b y Mr. Higson
    with t h e aid of a sectioned
    g u n . This weapon, which
    h a s a muzzle velocity of
    2,400 f t . / s e c , is quite ex-
    ceptionally c o m p a c t , and
    has a r a t e of fire between
    950 a n d 1,200 rounds a
    Action of the K gun : (I) Piston and breech block have been propelled forward by the
    minute. T h e unusually
    tension of the main spring. Breech block is in locked position, and the cartridge has
    s m o o t h action, combined
    been fired by the piston having pushed forward the firing pin.
    w i t h a low recoil force,
    makes t h e gun easy to con-
    trol a n d aim with accu-
    racy. T h e r e are no exter-
    nal moving p a r t s which
    might injure t h e gunner,
    a n d t h e gun has a mini-
    m u m of exposed surface.
    A m m u n i t i o n is fed from
    a spring-loaded drum
    which normally holds 60
    or 100 rounds, b u t which,
    for fixed installation, can
    a c c o m m o d a t e 300 or 600
    r o u n d s in very large, flat
    (2). Piston and breech block have commenced to move backwards. The rear of the breech magazines. Installed in a
    block has been brought downwards from engagement with »he locking shoulder. fixed-gun fighter, weapons
    of this sort score over belt-
    fed models in t h a t t h e feed
    arrangements a r e not
    affected b y " G . " The
    gun m a y be dismantled in
    a few seconds w i t h the aid
    of a cartridge a n d a pen-
    knife.
    T h e action c a n be
    studied in t h e accompany-
    ing d i a g r a m s . W h e n the
    gun is cocked (by pulling
    b a c k a h a n d l e on t h e left-
    h a n d side), t h e breech
    (3) Piston and breech block in their rearmost position. The piston has been brought to rest block is retained a t the
    against the buffer and is about to go forward rear of t h e " r e c e i v e r , " or
    breech casing, on a projec-

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