AUTOMATIC GUNS
INTRODUCTION AT BISLEY
SIGNS OF MILITARY EVOLUTION,
fIWIIED PRES3 ASSOCIATIOS.-COPTRiaBT.) (AUSTRALIAN - NEK' ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 9th July, 9 a . m .)
. LONDON. Bth July. J.he most important innovation at Bisley this year is the introduction of competitions for light automatic guns, Hotchkiss and Lewis. This step clearly indicates impending changes in the musketry training of troops and the organisation and equipment of cavalry and infantry. Ihe general Army sta ff regards efficiency m the use of light automatic guns as an urgent ° c . ccssity, and has laid down new regulations for the .training with these weapons. These will shortly be explained JJi a n, e,^ "mall, arms training manual, ihe soldier of the future must be expert with the light, automata as well as with ij 5 * l-l. T^ a new comPetitions have added to the interest of the Bisley meet-
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 7, 9 July 1923, Page 7
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143AUTOMATIC GUNS Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 7, 9 July 1923, Page 7
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