MADSEN GUN CONDEMNED
"SHEER MURDER I'D ASK SOLDIERS TO USE IT.' „„ , r , ■ London Juno 21.Jho Under-Secrotary to tho War Office (Jlr. Jau Maoplierson), sjioukint; in thu Mouao of Commons, said Hie Madson gun was not as-accurate us the Lewis. The military authorities also believed that it .was not humanly possible for any mach-ine-gun to havo an opportunity of firing 5000 rounds a day. Not a general would allow troops to go into Action with the Madsen giui as it stood. The flash could be seen hundreds of - yards .away, and the gunner would bo wiped out in a quarter of an hour. It would be sheer murder to ask soldiers to use it, but improvements might yet bo made, and if so, the gun be tried again.—Aus.N.Z, Gable A®.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 236, 24 June 1918, Page 5
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129MADSEN GUN CONDEMNED Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 236, 24 June 1918, Page 5
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