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III./ZG76_Saipan
Oct-07-2013, 11:20
reading a technical book on the 110 and each mg has a compressed air flask. what were they for?

9./JG52 Jamz Dackel
Oct-07-2013, 12:41
Were those Cannons not fired by an electro-pneumatic system, hence the CO2 bottles near the breech of each weapon?

EDIT~ Sorry I was trying to find a description of what that is, All I do know is that it was introduced to reduce muzzle blast and to aid in Recoil, both obviously very beneficial to Cannons firing from the nose

ATAG_Colander
Oct-07-2013, 13:02
uhm... to reload if a round does not fire?

III./ZG76_Saipan
Oct-07-2013, 13:41
rgr

VO101_Tom
Oct-07-2013, 14:06
reading a technical book on the 110 and each mg has a compressed air flask. what were they for?

The wing/engine MGs is pneumatic triggered.

III./ZG76_Saipan
Oct-07-2013, 19:15
so how does that work? you pull the trigger on the stick, that sends a signal to.......

Black
Oct-08-2013, 15:19
From what I know the compressed air was used to blow a jammed round out of the chamber!