TO SMASH TANKS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 239, 27 September 1939, Page 1

TO SMASH TANKS

mUTALVS WO'NDKR GUX A ID 1.0 UK -PI KUU’IXA' * SHELLS Capable of firing •armour-piercing, shells at any range up to IU(JU yards, Britain’s now two-pounder anti-tank trim is a notable addition to> our arms, states tlio military correspondent oi the News of the World. it is a high-velocity weapon which is Tar more mobile than the iieavior ■ .gum . and l will therefore be of great value in cheeking the advance of tanks careering over open country in (Jay-Lime. A demonstration at Aldershot' revealed that, at the extreme range, tlio gun eon Id smash tanks which had no men inside hut which were advancing under electrical control. This should not be taken to indicate that the day .of‘the tank, is over, for the" display was undertaken in circumstances most favourable to the new gun. The tanks wore not tiring back as they would iu real war, their advance was not being covered by dKsTdj, gnus and long range rife lire, antfAl'S- ... smoke screen was employed to iifasJc v ’‘ v --« the attack. : .A" The now gun, would not bo of the same use in a night attack, and there are many circumstances in which the tank can still he relied on to put infantry to flight. A