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DEVELOPED IN UNITED STATES USE AGAINST AIRCRAFT. RELEASE OF STEEL TAPE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. WASHINGTON, January 13. Military experts reveal the development of a three-inch anti-aircraft shell which, instead of exploding and scattering shrapnel at a normal maximum altitude of five to six miles, releases a parachute trailing hundreds of feet of steel tape designed to enmesh propellers. It is believed that a rapid fire barrage would make a network through which it would be impossible for planes to pass. The shells, have an effective range of 25,000 feet, which would wreck the accuracy of bombers. It is predicted that this will outmode balloon barrages. It is understood that the invention has been sold to France for use when the anticipated large-scale raids start on Britain and on the Western Front.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 January 1940, Page 5
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133NEW SHELL Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 January 1940, Page 5
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