WAR INVENTIONS
GERMANY' HAS GREAT HOPES. /LONDON, July 12. _lt is believed that Germany places great hopes on two war inventions —an air torpedo and an automatic gun. The former is fitted -with propellers and driven by eclctnoity controlled from a Zeppelin by wireless at a distance of two miles. It is able to hover, assume, a, vertical position, and- dive to the ground, exploding a quantity of high explosives. It is proposed, to use it against the British fleet. Small, swift craft are being- built to carry' only aerial torpedoes.. - The "Daily Mail" correspondent at Rotterdam learns that the weapon will probably be tried over London this summer. So doubt it cs the secret invention about which people have heard many whispers. The correspondent, warns Ms readers that it is not a fantastic Jules Verne idea, but- a practical weapon invented by a competent engineer, and tested to the satisfaction of Grman. naval and military authoritces. It is hoped that the automatic gun will pour out shells as a Maxim does bullats.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 14 July 1915, Page 5
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