A NEW WEAPON.
" The trials of the new Austrian Salvator mitrailleuse, or quick-firing machine gun," says a London contemporary, " have been reported upon as highly satisfactory, and the weapon has been adopted by the service, 100 pieces being now ready for distribution. The gun is not intended for use in the field, as in the case of the English Maxim and Nordenfelt machine guns, but will be mounted on the outworks encircling important fortresses. It is half the
weight of the Maxim, and its avera^ c rate of discharge is 300 rounds \ or minute, with a maximum of 3iO. The principal point of interest in respect of which the new gun diff< r* entirely from the mechanism of similar weapons now in use in other countries, is the oscillating pendulum regulating the speed of fire. There are two firing commands with (he Maxims, 'single firo ' and ' continuous fire.' With the Salvator rnitrailhnu* the advantage is gained of sustaining n moderately hoavy discharge of Mi, />(), to 100 rounds per minute, and increasing it, by means of a tester oscillation of the pendulum, to 300, when a dangerous phase of the attack has been developed. The mechanism is said to bo very Bimple, and throughout the trial no jars wero recorded."
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 82, 7 April 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)
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209A NEW WEAPON. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 82, 7 April 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)
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