pi odes upon impact. In the cose of infantry advancing, closely supported hv field artillery, the possibility is that a number of the former would.be killed by shrapnel, and that behind them a gun would bo put out of action on being struck with the highexplosive head. If the shell does, not explode until it .strikes a gun-shield, the high explosive head then immediately bursts. A hole is torn in the shield', and fragments of head and fuse are violently scattered among the gun crow. A small fraction of time later the flash from the fuse is communicated to tlte base burster and the trinitrotoluol in which the bullets are embedded and the,, bullets are- dispersed itt a wide cone. In addition, 1 tho shell can, of course, be made te act as a high-explosive projectile in air when desired.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4008, 14 August 1915, Page 5
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140Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4008, 14 August 1915, Page 5
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