Machine Gun Fires Rocket Bullets (Jul, 1934)
Machine Gun Fires Rocket Bullets
A MACHINE gun hardly heavier than an air rifle, yet capable of firing 700 shots a minute with almost no recoil and no possibility of overheating, was recently ‘announced by its inventor, Clyde Farrell of San Francisco.
Special bullets receive only an initial impetus from the firing pin, and generate their own energy in flight, just as do rockets. All remaining energy is released when contact is made with the target.
Bullets joined together with aluminum wire feed from an endless chain in the regulation machine gun manner.
The complete gun weighs only three and a half pounds. Models have already been tested, and are now at Washington to meet final patent requirements.