Drip (or "pop off") rifles were self-firing rifles used at Gallipoli to deceive the Turks during the evacuation of December 1915. Fire was maintained from the trenches after the withdrawal of …

During the evacuation of Gallipoli by the Allies, which started in December 1915, an ingenious invention was constructed on the battlefield by ANZAC forces to deceive the ottoman enemy …

Pte Scurry is best known for his invention known as the 'drip gun', 'drip rifle' or 'pop off rifle' used in the evacuation of Gallipoli in December 1915, for which he was awarded the Distinguished …

An ingenious invention kept Allied guns firing toward the Turkish line as the last diggers made their retreat from Gallipoli.

The Anzacs used improvised self-firing rifles to deceive Ottoman forces during their evacuation from Gallipoli in December 1915. Invented by Lance-Corporal William Scurry, 7th Battalion, …

One of these was Lance Corporal William Scurry’s ‘Drip Rifle’ which saw rifles rigged to fire as water dripped from a suspended can above the rifle into a pan attached to the trigger. The rifle …

A delayed action device, commonly called a drip rifle, invented by Lance Corporal William Charles Scurry (later Captain W C Scurry MC DCM) of the 7th Battalion, AIF, for firing a rifle by means …

William Charles Scurry, MC, DCM (30 October 1895 – 28 December 1963) was an Australian soldier who invented the self-firing "drip rifle" while serving as a private in the Gallipoli …

2020年10月22日 · So, the “drip rifle” or “pop-off rifle” was born. After the rifle was loaded and set into a fixed position by using sands bags, two tin cans, used for storing rations, played a key …

From the Ottoman defence forces emerged Atatürk who, after the war, would spearhead the birth of the Turkish republic. Twisleton was one of 400 sick, exhausted New Zealanders who took …