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Pomeroy bullet

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Pomeroy bullet

Incendiary machine gun bullet developed for use in World War I against Zeppelins, and adopted by the British air force. It was filled with phosphorus which would ignite the hydrogen gas escaping from the hole in the airship made by the passage of the bullet. It was named after its designer, John Pomeroy, a Canadian engineer.



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