Scarff Ring: A circular rail mounted on the perimeter of an open cockpit of an aeroplane. It carries a frame on runners. The adjustable tube frame mounts one or more light machine-guns.
Armament: One 0.303in Vickers machine gun fixed on top centreline with synchronising gear, one or two 0.303in Lewis mounted on Scarff ring on rear seat, plus up to twelve 20lb bombs.
Four Lewis machine-guns: One was on a Scarff ring-mounting on the nose cockpit; another was mounted in the upper rear cockpit behind the wings; and one in each waist position. Two 230 lb. bombs were carried in racks under the lower mainplane.
 See also: Fuselage, Chine, Power, Plane, Aeroplane
  
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