Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1917 — How a Machine Gun Is Fired. [ARTICLE]

How a Machine Gun Is Fired.

How a machine gun is fired through a revolving propeller is told in a recent issue of Aeronautics, in an article describing the more important features of two German Fokkers brought down behind the lines in France. On these monoplanes, according to the description, the machine gun is fired through the propeller by means of a small lever actuating a Bowden wire. Provision is further made to throw the machinegun mechanism momentarily out' of gear as each whirling propeller blade comes into line with the muzzle. This Is done very simply by means of a double cam fixed on the engine shaft and acting on a system of levers. The French Morane, after which the Fokker type has been modeled, also fires Its machine gun through the tractor screw.