FIRING BACKWARDS
LONDON, Jan. 8 According to the Daily Express air reporter, the newest Royal Air Force weapon is a backward firing Vickcrs machine-gun. It is fitted under the nose of the new Bristol-Blenheim fighterbomber, and is designed to protect the tail and cope with any attackers who approach from below, It is the first of its typo in any air force, and is aimed and operated by 'the navigator through a series of mirrors.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23863, 14 January 1941, Page 81
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