05-26-2016, 08:15 PM | #36 | |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Re: Recoil for Single-Shot Weapons
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The old French 75(not the drink, the gun) was the first to have a pneumatic firing brace. In a sense it did not reduce the recoil(a person who for some unexplainable reason was tied to the breech would still have his ribs cracked). It did however keep it from being kicked out of position, thus allowing the crew to keep firing without reaiming. And no I don't know why they named a drink after a gun. Maybe the hangover felt like listening to a French 75 firing all day.
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