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From May 1981 issue of "Airpower" magazine:
2. How the Martin turret worked. Originally programmed to carry a Northrop designed rotatable turret in the XF-89, the Scorpion pursued that possibility with the Martin turret. As shown in this company rendering, the Martin turret carried four 20mm guns with 400 rounds per gun and rotated 360° around the airplane's horizontal centerline with a gun elevation/traverse through an arc of 105°. This combination of features provided a frontal field of fire slightly in excess of hemispherical coverage. Three operational modes were possible; automatic, manual and fixed. Gun laying radar was used in the automatic mode as depicted by artist Jack Leynnwood. |
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