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German Inventor of the “Winged Horror” SCOTLAND YARD INQUIRIES By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received December 12, 7 p.m.) * Loudon, December 12. Scotland Yard is inquiring into Danish press allegations that Dr. Geralich, the German inventor of the “winged horror,” a rifle bullet with a velocity of 4000 miles an hour, and a new type of rifle barrel from which the bullet is fired;’ has been using British identity papers, though a native of Kiel, states the “Daily Herald.” It is alleged that Geralich spent several months in an English village. He is now experimenting at a famous Danish armamehts factory.
The “winged horror”, is similar to the dum-dum bullet, but is more destructive. It penetrates half-inch armour plate.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 68, 13 December 1933, Page 9
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121DEADLY NEW BULLET Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 68, 13 December 1933, Page 9
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