NEW GUNS AND THEIR RANGES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 5

NEW GUNS AND THEIR RANGES.

A description, of /.theseMwoi/lairship-; destroying,. /guns ■'• -/appeared;:' in ' VThe Dosomon.; some ;time 'ago; ■// The larger gun (10.5 centimetre; or.4Jia.) ;is;for use on ships and coast, defences.! It is' olaimed; that it oan hurl ai.projeetile'iweighing 39 Gib, at. ia; maximum, elevation 'of ;75 degrees, to,a height bf..7}:miles;.-.,;\..' 'lho 7 5-centimatre or 3-inch gun to "bo mounted on a-motbr.-cary,/can,'/it-' is claimed, throw. < a \;H.3lb; / shell.''; at;:'an angle of .75' degrees;, to '.a-height; of- 4i miles, i -V/'/://':-..// : ;'.;v; v ,.' './■;■/■:;...;';.,: Tn o other; smaller - German I guns for uso against. ■ airship's—not v referred' to •: in' 'he cablegram—have-been described. One of thes>e is a 6.5 centimetre (24-inch) field gun, hring;;-. a' projectile: weighing . 8.81b., at an angle of-60;'degrees,-to a height « JSS! with an .^initial.velocity of 1900 ft; a second.' ■'.'- ' '■• vr.■■:',., ;■■ ■: ■;.:■ The fourth'gun i 3 an'EhrhardtWnch.' hnng a 91b..'shrapnel.i'two'.mUes; .According to J one this • will- '■■ be mounted on :;; a : motorcar;; which' '• he describes as sunder:;:. ■"■■:■■>■'. "• ."'.'. :: '-: - : ' : ,-' "The car has a: petrol engine of '60 hipi, giving it a.speed of forty, miles an hour.Attached >tp. ; thei-gun /is 'a':; bomb-proof i shield, piece: In front are seats-for'the'driver rand coinimanding officer; •.'.■:''. j ! . .'.'. -; ■?': ■.. -v.V "ft ™'? a ?t.'.is.itheVgunner'B'BeatV'b , ?™ c hl - ch "'Provided-locker-space : for : 100 balloon ■■•shrapnel, shelb, each with -a i bursting &meMm lead bullets, aid 27 pieces .ot,lead..-The;; total;-weight 'of I tne, car, gun;, ammunition,'-'and -crew' 1 isover threoy tons.'■..:;.■■.;.:-. :/:,/'/:.///:,/./!*M