HIGH-EXPLOSIVE "DUDS."
Renaaa'kiaible ooanparatii<ve tests h!av« beeii carried out by BiiMisih giioniery eperta with the hajgih-exploeiivo shells used by boitih sides ami the war. Shells from oaipltiured and Allied dumps were fired from -tihe guns for which they ware miadei at, qpecd>ailly prepared targets. Thei ofllLaM ■■ record of "duds," ahelllg which failed tla explode, was: — Uniited Stialfces 50' par oem'tl., Germaini 38, (1918 make), French 32, Italian 25, Austria^ 2S>, BirtMnih 8.
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13940, 19 July 1919, Page 3
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72HIGH-EXPLOSIVE "DUDS." Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13940, 19 July 1919, Page 3
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