NEWEST WEAPON.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3234, 7 May 1917, Page 3

NEWEST WEAPON.

THE ALTISCOPE RIFLE

The altiscope rifle, tho latest deathdealer to make its appearance, possesses the action of the rifle with the value of a submarine periscope,_ the firing being done after the aim if found through the reflecting lenses. Tho marksman is crouched far below the edge of the trench, his entire head being concealed from the enemy. Taking the modern Springfield rifle, as used by the United States army, the two inventors built into it a frame of compressed steel to lower or raise the barrel. They also added reflecting lenses to permit the marksman to hold the butt of the weapon in tho customary shoulder position and get his aim through the sights of tho elevated barrel. In this way the barrel of the rifle projects over the edge of the trench, while the marksman remains fully covered. Experts who have examined the invention declare it to be as effective ns the regular'rifle, and that it can be operated with a greater degree of safety by the soldier. It can be fired without raising the barrel or used as an altiscope gun at will. The United States War Department already has tested the weapon and found it most satisfactory.