RIFLE GRENADE.
SUCCESSFUL TESTS; : .';; (IIJ Tolce'rniiilV- I'rci* |-'A>«H-.lß'ilnii -Cir,ejt\tMi\': ; ,:!(Rec.lOctober '■■aim'.);' ■J. :;'■:.;Oiv' * v |'-'-.London^October ■:%'/'■ Mr. Hale's' ; rifle, grenadcs'.'Were'.success'fuliy; tested at' Spandau,:GcfnWnyy before'a.com'mis- 1 siou oE tho.,German";General/;Staff, 700-; gramrao.bomb' was'projected 500; yards.. ;'...'.). Tha German. WarXifficohas given Mr. :; Hale a C-'yVv; : ;r:?;r. ""' :i^;'^' :■.-'.".'"..",'| ["Tho Japanese during.tho Mahchurian-War (sav-, the Melbounre "Argils") revived the .use.'l of tho . hand: gTenade,: and •■• sinco then v every army has: adopted•■'■'■,this' : :ancierit Vprbiect'ile weapon.:.' .The/ Ffench'?'han'd 'grenade .has a ranje of, 23 yards'.vvheh, thrown-by'hand, :and of til yards, when.:, thrown . by:' a; sling; ' Mr.Hale has done/far. better.':' His grenade looks like a ;blunt rocket;,,that is, it has a-Btick, at ono end of which 13' a thort thick 'cylintlDt containing tho:explo«lve. It can,be fired from any nilewith considerable aeouraoy, nnd 'satisfactory work--nasibeen'got with the new missile up to 300 jMd>?J-,\''i>\- .;;>■: : ■:;■.•-. ; ; ;.,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 5
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133RIFLE GRENADE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 5
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