The New British Field Gun
—»— Tim new fiold gun for tho Britiih Army is a marvellous production, So rapid is tho firo that tho battorioßvaay bo reduced from six guns to four in thrno years' time, when ro-ai'iniiiK is complete, Tbo gun is adapted from tho French pattern, and in recont trials at Okohnmpton has established a record of 25 rounds per mimito, This rato of liro is unsurpassod by any fiold gun in Europo. Ita cost, comploto with carriage, in about £6OO, and about 1100 guns will bo nocded, involving an expenditure of about a million sterling. Experiments with the now gun have extended over two yours, and it has now a rango of 10,000 yavdls, A now time fuse has boon invented and this enables a shrapnol shell to burst effectively at nearly 7000 yards—an enormous advance in gunnery.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1055, 1 August 1904, Page 2
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141The New British Field Gun Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1055, 1 August 1904, Page 2
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