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interrupter gear

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interrupter gear [′int·ə‚rəp·tər ‚gir]
(ordnance)
A synchronizing gear for machine guns, so called because it interrupts the firing mechanism of the gun or guns to allow a propeller blade to pass the muzzle.


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Many younger recruits would have recently completed their trades before enlisting and be better equipped to work with new mechanical "wonders", such as the rotary engine and machine-gun interrupter gear.
Fortunately though for Britain, a gifted Hungarian named Carol Constantinesco was waiting in the wings to produce a better design of interrupter gear using hydraulics.
 
 
 
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