A NEW MACHINE-GUN.
A WONDERFUL AND DEADLY WEAPON. United Press Aswcintion —By Electric ■ Telegraph—Copyright. ■ NEW YORK, March 29. The Cleveland machine gun, firing eight hundred one-pound per minute, has been tested at New York. General Miles.declares that it is the most wonderful, and deadly machine gun in existence. (The quickest firers hitherto in ues have been Maxim guns, which have a capacity or seven hundred rounds per minuted' These guns are “jacketed” with oil and water, to prevent over-heating, and in practice a speed of seven hundred rounds per minute has actually been made. The pom-pom is the next host, having a theoretical speed of irohi five hundred to six hundred rounds per minute, but in practice this speed is really impossible of attainment. In the South African Wax the number of rounds fired per minute varied from seven to twelve. The pom-pom is not “jacketed” like the Maxim, and beats very quickly.)
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13089, 31 March 1903, Page 5
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153A NEW MACHINE-GUN. Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13089, 31 March 1903, Page 5
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