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This Engine Has A Cannon In It
This Engine Has A Cannon In It-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:14:18

Designers had to get creative in the early days of weaponizing motorized transportation. In one case during the First World War, that meant building a 37mm cannon into the middle of a V8 aero engine.

A relic from the early days of using planes as weapons of war, this 11.8-liter WWI-era…

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