DEADLY GUNFIRE.
NEW SHELLS’ POWERS. ' LONDON, Oct. 3. The constant war between gun and armour has been won for the present by the gun, according to the Daily Telegraph’s naval correspondent. New 16-inch and 15-inch shells, he , Ba ys, passed clean through armour 16 inches in thickness, not merely when striking at right angles but with the plate inclined at 15 and even 30 degrees. Moreover, the bursting charge and fuse remain intact and would therefore explode with devastating violence in the interior of a ship. As the correspondent observes, few battleships have 16-inch armour over their vital parts.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 4 October 1933, Page 8
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99DEADLY GUNFIRE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 4 October 1933, Page 8
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