flaming onion

noun

Etymology

From its appearance after exploding.

Definitions

  1. A 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the…

    A 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the beginning of World War I.

  2. The flare or tracer ammunition fired by this weapon.

    • Allied pilots feared and loathed these, because a hit from a flaming onion instantly turned an aeroplane into an inferno.

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