flaming onion
nounEtymology
From its appearance after exploding.
Definitions
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.
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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