BRITAIN'S NEW RIFLE.
TUUEB-EIOIITII-INCI I ARMOUR
PIERCED AT 500 YARDS.
An article in the Tost last week made brief reference to the which has a muzzle velocity ol Swmt. per second, estimated to be a 'hundred feet belter than the nearest rifle gives. This pattern has a barrel 2</ ; inches longer than the rnipcrsedcd weapon had. The idea underlviiig the. adoption of the. short rille was to have ™ arm that would be suitably handled by both mounted and dismounted tresis, lo suit the cavalry 5 inches were taken o and thus the infantry soldier lost in WtU of his reach with the bayonet. Attempts were made to Tioh wilh u. longer bayonet, kit the experiment, was not satisfactory. -It omul that a longer barrel was iieccs*.,rv for aivuraev and case of hung. i'„ a trial at Aldcrs'hot the bullets o ~:,. „,w i.u.del, at 50t> yards P''«'''.« the birth. Defendant was corrected .■'ediths of an inch in thickness.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 81, 31 August 1914, Page 7
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157BRITAIN'S NEW RIFLE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 81, 31 August 1914, Page 7
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