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(Australian and. N.Z. Cable Association) ■ „„ . PARIS, March 30. Following are details of the gun i bombarding Paris : — ■ ! It is 79 feet Jong, and the jdieil is ot between eight and 1 nine inches, but is fitted with a false cap or elongated nose; giving an extreme length 'of nearly five feet v ... ■*.- The secret seems to be tlie distribution of the • shell's weight,;: -givingsteadiness, and enabling it to travel a long distance. The muzzle velocity is .five thousand if eet a second, and the gun is fired at an elevation of 5& degrees. > ■ It i» believed that six or seven, of these guns are m existence, each able to fire 250 rounds. . ;
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14567, 1 April 1918, Page 3
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