NEW ANTI-RIOT GUN
Shoots Celluloid Pellets and Sand Jets LONDON, Ap-51 19.z T'lii 'L'iiifs' Paris correeoon lon; Ff.ys a h n -T'j uriLoured car is tte outcome of a poliee search for a meth'j 1 of dispersing rioters. I'he maehine eau bo con, trolled at either end and cavriea cwo drivers with a "gunner" aruhlships with two quickrfiring gunn shooting . celluloid pellets which are harmloss but give a nasty knock at a range of 25 yards. It also has an eleetrijiLly driven turbine projeeting a high vsioclty rand jet with which tear gas ean be mixed if recessary. It is claimed that the sand jot has all the effsjt of a fire hose while it has a longer laugo. The ji; which breaks up into & fine spray has a considerable blind ng end hoking effeet. Whether it in likely to en. danger the eyesight is nncertain.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 79, 20 April 1937, Page 5
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