KRUPP'S LATEST.
GUNS TO DESTROY AIRSHIPS. TWO MODELS CONSTRUCTED, SHELLS WITH TRAILS OF LUMINOUS SMOKE. United Press Association-By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received January 28, 9.30 a.m. BERLIN, January 27. Krupp's armament firm has constructed two guns for the destruction of airships—one[of a diameter of 7§ centimetres, to be mounted on a motor car, and the other of 10h centimetres for use on warships. Both guns fire a shell discharging a trail of luminous smoke, whereby the course of the projectiles can be followed. The shells are so constructed as to explode the gas in the airships. (A centimetre (one-hundredth part of a metre—39.37inches) is about the third ot an inch.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9704, 29 January 1910, Page 5
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110KRUPP'S LATEST. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9704, 29 January 1910, Page 5
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