NEW ARMOURED CAR
FOR DISPERSING RIOTERS FIRES CEUW.OH) PELLETS AW SAND Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 19. The Paris correspondent of ‘ The Times * says a novel armoured car is the outcome of a police search for a method of dispersing rioters. The machine can be controlled at either end and carries two drivers, with a “ gunner ” amidships, with two quick-firing guns shooting celluloid pellets, which 1 are harmless, but give a nasty knock, having a range of 25yds. It also has an electrically-driven turbine projecting a high velocity sand jet, with which tear gas can be mixed if necessary. It is claimed that the sand iet has all the effect of a fire hose, while it has a longer range. The jet breaks up into a fine spray, with a considerable blinding and choking effect. Whether it is likely to endanger the eyesight is uncertain.
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Evening Star, Issue 22627, 20 April 1937, Page 9
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145NEW ARMOURED CAR Evening Star, Issue 22627, 20 April 1937, Page 9
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