Austria is said to ho employing a gun of remarkable type. It is mounted on an automobile capable of a speed of 40 miles an hour, and carrying 140 shells. These shells, which are fired almost vertically, net partly like grenades and portly like shrapnel. Should they miss their actual target, they burst about 100 yds farther on.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16032, 25 September 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)
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58Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16032, 25 September 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)
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