NEW FRENCH GUN.
HEIGHT OF 7% MILES REACHED. ! That a new anti-aircraft gun can bring down an attacking bomber seven and a-half miles up in the air, is the claim of those conducting tests on the Riviera coast near La Seyne, France. The seci-et of the guns construction is jealously guarded by the firm whose engineers planned it. Antiaircraft guns have previously proved effective at a height of about three miles and a-half, but modern aircraft can attain much greater altitudes. In the experiments off La Seyne an airplane with pilot and mechanic ascended seven miles and a-half towing, suspended 1000 ft. beneath it, a target on which the anti-aircraft gun opened fire with live shells. Aviation, military and naval men of Europe are watching the tests.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3449, 24 November 1932, Page 7
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127NEW FRENCH GUN. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3449, 24 November 1932, Page 7
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