NEW SHELL PERFECTED
WORLD'S MOST EFFICIENT
SHEFFIELD PRODUCTION
(Received March 29, 2 p.m.) . .LONDON, March 28. Messrs.. Hadfields Limited. (Sheffield) I have perfected the"niOst efficient shell in the world- It is.a 15-incher, weighs a ton, and can be-fired,ajt;arinour-plate inclined.to 30 degrees, .which'is one of the severest. tests . known. 'Though' it carried away 6Jewt";of highlyvtempered steel, yet it retained sufficient velocity to continue for ten? miles. Whereas the ordinary shell, is, efficient for 12,000 yards; the. new projectile is efficient for 15,000. '"' . " ; ;:'.- •".; .-:."'"■■
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1934, Page 10
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81NEW SHELL PERFECTED Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 75, 29 March 1934, Page 10
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