Improvements in Guns having a Device for Diverting the Flame or Gases Issuing from the Gun.

摘要

23,571. Rheinische Metallwaaren und Maschinenfabrik. Nov. 1, 1912, [Convention date]. Ordnance gases, deflecting.-Relates to muzzleattachments for diverting the gases of guns fired from air-craft away from the fabric or sensitive parts of the air-craft. According to the invention, an extension b of the gunbarrel a is perforated at e and surrounded by a jacket c, which extends from the ports e to the gun muzzle, and forms with the part b an annular chamber d. Ribs g form a tortuous passage through which the gases pass forwardly to the upwardlydirected escape ports f.