NEW INVENTION
AN ARMOUR-PIERCING SHELL LONDON, June 16. At the annual meeting of Messrs Hadfields, Limited, at Sheffield, Sir Robert Hadfield claimed that the firm had invented a new armour-pierc-ing projectile which was the best in the world.
It was a projectile, he said, which entirely met the severe conditions demanded in these days, including r ei formate n at lo* g range £ r *. amd impacts pf extreme obliquity. It had been patented in eight countries and orders of considerable size had been executed for the British Government. The shell had passed the latest and most severe tests ever demanded at the Government proving ground at Shoeburyness, tests which former types of projectiles could not possibly meet.
If a time for larger employment came they were ready, he said, to meet the requirements of the Army and Navy with projectiles which were capable at long ranges of carrying their charges through the armoured protection of the enemy shin attacked with disastrous effect. This had never been possible hitherto with cortainy. In addition to naval requirements, their projectiles were being used for coast defence purposes, enabling the guns to offer the latest and best type of defence or attack.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 June 1933, Page 8
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198NEW INVENTION Hokitika Guardian, 26 June 1933, Page 8
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