A NEW BULLET
CLAIMED EFFECTIVE AGAINST MODERN PLANES INVENTION OF FORMER NEW ZEALANDER AUCKLAND. 17th April. ! A new explosive and incendiary bullet which is claimed to be capable of destroying even the rubber-coated petrol tanks of the most modern military aeroplane has been invented by Mr John Pomeroy. Melbourne, who arrived by the Aorangi on his way to the United States for a series of trials. Mr Pomeroy won fame during the Great War for his invention of a special bullet for the destruction of Zeppelins. Mr Pomeroy was born in Invercargill but to-day was the first time he had seen New Zealand for 24 years. “There are no more gasbags but we have the aeroplane with the new tank to contend with,” said Mr Pomeroy. “The tank has a rubber coating, with the result that though it has been riddled with ordinary bullets it will not lose petrol. “I have invented a .50 calibre bullet with which I can blow anything to pieces. It has a flat trajectory of (300 yards, which means that we can engage the enemy at about 2000 yards effectively. No bullet can do this .it present. It is no different from an ordinary bullet to look at and is sharppointed. The bullet has an enormous disruptive effect and really acts like a shrapnel shell. It explodes on impact.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 April 1939, Page 9
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224A NEW BULLET Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 April 1939, Page 9
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