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WWI Aircraft Machineguns
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 This example of the observer's position with the gun-ring installation of a Lewis gun from a RAF RE-8 is fairly typical for British reconnaisance aircraft. |
In the early days of World War One the only role of aircraft was to gather tactical information for use by ground troops. These planes were unarmed scouts until a pilot brought along a sidearm and started shooting at other pilots. Aerial combat quickly became a very deadly business where only the skilled and the lucky survived to fly another day. From the days of pusher style aircraft, to the development of first the garro wedge, and then the synchronised firing gear the race to create the perfect killing machine became the primary concern for both sides in this bloody conflict. |
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Original material copyright © 7/8/99 W. Ira Boucher. All Rights Reserved. |
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