INCENDIARY BULLET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 117, 18 April 1939, Page 9

INCENDIARY BULLET.

NEW POAIEROY INVENTION

Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 17

A new explosive and incendiary bullet which is claimed to be callable of destroying even the rubber-coated petrol tanks of the most modern military aeroplane has been invented by Air John Pomeroy, of Melbourne, who arrived to-day on his way to the United States for a series of trials. Air Pomeroy won fame during the Great "War for his invention of a special bullet for the destruction of Zeppelins. Air Pomeroy’ was born in Invercargill, but to-day was the first time he had seen New Zealand for 24 years.

“There are no more gas-bags, but we have the aeroplane with the new tank to contend with,” said Air Pomeroy. “The tank has a rubber coating. with the result that, although it has been riddled with ordinary bullets. it will not lose petrol.

“T have invented a 50 calibre bullet with which I can blow anything to pieces. It has a flat trajectory of 000 yards, which means that we can engage an enomv at about 2000 yards effectively. No bullet can do this at present. Tt is no different from an ordinary bullet to look at. and is a sharp-pointed bullet, but it has an enormous disrunt've effect and really ■icts like shrapnel shell. It explodes on impact.”