FIRES SHELL 18,000 FT. IN THE AIR
NAVAL WEAPON DESIGNED TO DESTROY AEROPLANES.
After shooting a shell 18.000 feet into the air, higher than an aeroplane has ever flown, the experiments with the new naval gun, destined to destroy the air ships of an enemy, were temporarily ended at the Indian Head proving grounds. It was announced that both the new weapon and its carriage had prjoved eminently satisfactory. Fifty rounds were fired in tests. The maximum range of 18,000 feet was reached when the gun was elevated a-t an angle of 85 degrees. The shot flashed accurately for 10,000 feet. Beyond that distance it lest its original trajectory and was affected by the air currents, falling into the Potomac 1500 feet from a spot where it had been reckoned it wot Id idea of this one-pounder will be duplicated into a three-inch Naval ordnance experts believed that such a weapon would shoot seven miles into the air. The favorable performance of the new carriage caused naval officers to jubilantly express the belief that before long American war ships would be equipped with another tery of guns to fight her invaders m the air.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3348, 14 October 1911, Page 9
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194FIRES SHELL 18,000 FT. IN THE AIR Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3348, 14 October 1911, Page 9
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