AUSTRALIAN GUN
Super Mortar For Bomb
Throwing
NEW PROPELLING FEATURE
British Ofllcial Wireless. Rec. noon. RUGBY, Dec. 3.' Another Australian wartime invention, the Kirby gun, is to be officially tested next week. It is described as a super mortar, which can throw a bomb 1200 feet into the air. A novel feature is the propel- < ling force provided by compressed i air instead of an explosive. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 287, 4 December 1941, Page 7
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67AUSTRALIAN GUN Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 287, 4 December 1941, Page 7
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