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Synchronization gear (interrupter or gun synchronizer) is a mechanical device that enables a machine gun on a single-engine aircraft to fire through the arc of the spinning propeller without damaging the blades. Aviation history records this system as having fundamentally transformed the nature of air combat by turning the aircraft itself into a weapon, and it remained a standard component of military aircraft for decades. Background and Early Attempts At the start of World War I, machine guns w