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There were no hot zones for the Osprey to take them into, no need for a forward-firing gun, no casualties for VMM-263 to evacuate, other than a Marine whose appendix ruptured on Christmas Eve.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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There were no hot zones for the Osprey to take them into, no need for a forward-firing gun, no casualties for VMM-263 to evacuate, other than a Marine whose appendix ruptured on Christmas Eve.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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There were no hot zones for the Osprey to take them into, no need for a forward-firing gun, no casualties for VMM-263 to evacuate, other than a Marine whose appendix ruptured on Christmas Eve.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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MCINTYRE: One of "TIME" magazine's criticisms, the lack of a forward-firing gun has been validated by the fact that now after sinking $100 billion into the Osprey, the Pentagon is about to pony up millions more to retrofit it with a belly-mounted gatling gun on a gimble.
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MCINTYRE: One of "TIME" magazine's criticisms, the lack of a forward-firing gun has been validated by the fact that now after sinking $100 billion into the Osprey, the Pentagon is about to pony up millions more to retrofit it with a belly-mounted gatling gun on a gimble.
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In addition to the “planets,” Designer Markus Duevel has incorporated a high efficiency tweeter that combines with the sphere to create a sonic image that is “massively larger than any forward-firing tweeter.”
Big sound, little speakers: Nano technology moves to music 2007
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Finding it too difficult to fly and shoot at the same time, Garros mounted a forward-firing machine gun to his plane and fitted metal deflector plates to the propeller to protect it from the bullets.
April 18, 1915: Aerial Warfare Is About to Make a Quantum Leap 2007
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Finding it too difficult to fly and shoot at the same time, Garros mounted a forward-firing machine gun to his plane and fitted metal deflector plates to the propeller to protect it from the bullets.
April 18, 1915: Aerial Warfare Is About to Make a Quantum Leap 2007
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So the forward-firing rockets were disabled for the ascent engine.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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The improved safety was counteracted by the extra strain on the airship crews and the British introduction in mid-1916 of forward-firing fighters.
A movie so big, it had to be filmed in color! Fr Timothy Matkin 2005
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