SUCCESSFUL TRIAL.
AUTOMATIC MAC3ECENE; Gtift
'Times' — 'Sydney Sim', Special Cables.
(Received Nov. 29, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON. Nov. 28
Mr Lewis had an automatic machine gun of his own invention test-ed-at Bisley. It proved successful for rapidity and accuracy. It was fired from an aeroplane, and a high percentage of hits was recorded. A white sheet on the ground was used as a target. Undoubtedly it is a gun with a future. Of simple construction, it can *>'ta,nd ■» lot of knocking about on active service.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 December 1913, Page 5
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84SUCCESSFUL TRIAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 December 1913, Page 5
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