PROTECTION BULLETS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13718, 23 June 1915, Page 3

PROTECTION BULLETS.

AX IXVERCARGILL DISCOVERY. (Per Press Association.) IXV&HCARGILL, this day. Since the war began various methods of protecting soldiers againat the deadly rain of bullets have been adopted with indifferent success. , Mr W. Williams, of East road, lnvercargill, Las beenexperimenting with «, material prepared by himself, .'and results have, <up ( to the present, been very gratifying. The tests are made with a service revolver at a range of about three feet, and half-a-dozen shots -fired, m the Same ■ spot jus^ penetrated the outer skin. The saane. bullet easily bored, a hole through a tough two-inch board and. weatherboarding of the shed m which the trial was made. * ' The material of which the protective armour consists could be made without great difficulty, and. is cheap and adaptable. ,The bullets are not immediately stopped, but are caught m the texture and gradual reduction of impact entirely prevents concussion. The tests Mr Williams made are more exacting than" those necessary to prove.' the wmih of tho material for war purpose, for the ' resistance lent by a hard wall »t a yard range is much more considerable than that offered, by a man at the average distance of the opposing parties iv battle or trench fighting;. Mj.v Williams facilities for. experimen-tation-ai-e .limited', ami, if the material could be -'more adequately tested by the Defence Department, which ; better understands the' requirements of bulletproof armour, very satisfactory results might be obtained. Up to the present the tests have been made oVily witih lead bullets, but no difficulty m '■ resisting other varieties is anticipated. . : , .