Improvements in Means for Destroying Air-craft

Improvements in Means for Destroying Air-craft

106,049. Steinmetz, J. A. Oct. 21, 1916. Aerial warfare.-Consists in luring enemy aircraft over illuminated imitation buildings or other works on land or sea and then destroying them by gunfire. As shown, an imitation building A provided with a search-light B is surrounded by guns D. The search-ligh...

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1. Verfasser: JOSEPH ALLISON STEINMETZ
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Sprache:eng
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AIMING
BLASTING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
WEAPON SIGHTS
WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:106,049. Steinmetz, J. A. Oct. 21, 1916. Aerial warfare.-Consists in luring enemy aircraft over illuminated imitation buildings or other works on land or sea and then destroying them by gunfire. As shown, an imitation building A provided with a search-light B is surrounded by guns D. The search-light is arranged to illuminate the building when not used for spotting the enemy aircraft C. The guns are normally directed towards various points of the beam of light, and the projectiles are timed explode at various points E within that field. The search-light and the guns may however also be capable of having their directions changed: and the projectiles may be timed to explode at other points E .