Gyrojets

A thread of 2 messages, 14 February 1994 to 15 February 1994, in the order they were sent.

#6806 Gyrojets

Mark Urbin · 14 February 1994

 I saw a GyroJet carbine on display at the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody,
Wyoming over the summer.  It was listed as a 13mm and was build back in
the late 60's (67 I think).
 It was really slick looking.  Had the basic `barrel, magazine,grip,stock'
layout but had squarish angles and wood finishing.

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#6817 Gyrojets

Steve Owens · 15 February 1994 · reply to #6806

Mark Urbin ([email removed]) says:
> I saw a GyroJet carbine on display at the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody,
> Wyoming over the summer.  It was listed as a 13mm and was build back in
> the late 60's (67 I think).

I remember reading about the first gyrojet firearms.  They
were supposedly developed for situations similar to France and other
occupied countries during WWII.  Light, cheap, easy to parachute-drop
into occupied countries for the resistance fighters, but also easy to
control, since they used a unique type of ammo only available from a
single source (the U.S.).

This was in a generally nifty book about the future of weapons
technology - although I think it had a quote in the front of the book,
from Einstein that runs "World War III will be fought with atomic
bombs; World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." (I'm probably
mangling this horribly - I read it back in 1985).

Steven J. Owens
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