RIFLES OR MACHINE-GUNS?
To the Editor. Sir,—Your local anent rifles being now obsolete and machine-guns taking their place is rather amusing. Whjle a larger percentage of machine-guns in trench warfare may be desirable they have—or soldiers have—their limitation. What would become of mobility if a soldier, besides his equipment, of (say) half a hundredweight, was also loaded with a machine-gun, and water for cooling the barrel (say) another half hundredweight (it is considerably more). Then give him sufficient ammunition for ten minutes' firing, which would be, including cases, very nearly two hundredweight and Tommy Atkins would be fairly well anchored. What is sought for is an automatic rifle, wi(h a different arrangement for cooling the barrel than a water jacket, of a low rate of fire compared with the machine-gun. This was supposed at one time to have been found in the Rexer rifle, but could not have been, as nothing further has been heard of that weapon.—l am, etc., NEMO.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 March 1916, Page 3
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161RIFLES OR MACHINE-GUNS? Taranaki Daily News, 29 March 1916, Page 3
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