EFFICIENT BATTERIES
(Britiih Offieial Wireless.)
British Anti-Aircraft Units at Practice DEADLY ACCURACY
(Beeeived 7, 12.30 p.tn.) BUGBY, Oct. 6. A War Office statement aft'ords evidence of the high standards of efficiency of both regular and territorial units in the Anti-aircraft practice camps this year. To discpver the war effieiency of the units,- practice® were carried out with service full-charge ammttiiition. Eacb shoot was coniined to foux guns. Flags towed by a wireless-controlled aeroplane at ground ranges varying 2300 to 4700 yards were brought down With the ffi'st few rotiiids. Thereafter, practice ammunition, which does not expiode but only emits a pufi! of smoke, was used, and a second Wireless-controlled aeroplane Was hit. With the improved equipment which is expected to be available in the near future the War Office anticipates stili better results. .
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 12, 7 October 1937, Page 5
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