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English: Western Electric controller of a multiple rocket launcher, containing ordinary telephone-style en:Stepping switch for selecting rocket in series.


Identifier: bellvol25telephonemag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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the 2.36-inchbazooka, which became known aroundthe world because of its novelty andeffectiveness—even against the giantGerman tiger tanks. To understand why the rocket isso useful a weapon under certain con-ditions, one must remember that aprojectile weighing several poundsrequires a considerable push to ac-celerate it to several hundred feet persecond. When this push is exertedby a cannon, its recoil is heavy—andin proportion to the force of the pro-pelling change. A rocket, however,reacts against the mass of its owngases, and there is no appreciable re-coil. The launching tube is not sub- ject to high pressure, but merelyserves as a guide, and thus can belight and inexpensive. Launching ^^by Telephone** One of the many applications ofcommunication techniques to rocketproblems was the fire-control mech-anisms developed for releasing rock-ets from multiple-tube launchers. TheArmy was working on an arrange-ment to launch 7.2-inch rockets froma large truck. An electrical firing cir-
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The innards of the fire-control unitof a multiple rocket launcher, showingthe dial-type selector and other standardtelephone apparatus (see photographon page Z^). 50 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING

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