EXPENSIVE SHELLS
; - The type of', shell which, is fired from the great German'howitzers costs ,£I2OO. Even the comparatively small field guns are loaded "with shells which each cost over £Z to produce. The German B.4in. quick-firing guns demand a shell 1 which costs .£52; and the' Kaiser's fortress_caniion fire a projectile valued at .£3OO. The cost .of gynfire.in the. British. Navy is very ."heavy, and /asingle! disijjiarge from a 13in. ; weapon costs'at-least . A battleship broadside means, that w£l5HO wortli of auiihuiiitioii has• gone. In! a sea fight, if the large, guns on a "Dreadnought only fire ten shots each and. the. smaller weapons'discharge 25 shells, tin* cost. of . ammunition for one battleship during .the; engagement, is. ,£160,(100. .•'.!, ,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2799, 17 June 1916, Page 11
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117EXPENSIVE SHELLS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2799, 17 June 1916, Page 11
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