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Originally Posted by Vespers War
Just a note that the total ammo capacity of the Bira is 120 rounds (it's a 60-round pan with two layers, not a 120-round pan with two layers) per Garry James' article in Guns & Ammo about firing the Bira. I had looked it up a while back because I was considering a pre-Maxim automatic weapons post, which hasn't happened because I fell down a rabbit hole trying to figure out just the Gatling gun variants. |
Thanks for the link, it's an interesting piece of kit with some unique (though practical) approaches to automatic weapons. A shame it's been relatively unknown for so long as it's a fascinating bit of history (and not simply for the smallarms aspect but also the geopolitical).