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A chicken gun being tested against a piece of glass.

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English: A "chicken gun" developed by the US CAA and the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Corporation is fired at a piece of glass, demonstrating its use in testing aircraft components.
Date
Source Excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Flying magazine.
Author Photo credit given on page 41 of the issue is simply "Acme".

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