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NEW GUN INVENTED. By Cable—Press Ausoaial'on— WASHINGTON, April 2 The Navy Department announced the development of a inch anti-aircraft gun that greatly T exceeds in range the three inch gun now used by naval vessels. The first of the new guns will be ; Installed on the battleship Maryland this summer.' It lias not only, been perfected,' but will bo installed with complete antiaircraft control equipment, thus guar-, anteeing greater accuracy in fii’ing, whicK the present type lacks. , In announcing the new gun, the Department, for the first time, gave, out detailed reports of the results of \ tlie recent in which fleet gunners succeeded in registering a large percentage,/ of hits against sleeve targets towed by planes, which information hitherto has been a closely guarded secret. ' In 42 tests, successful hits were scored in 48 per cent, of the shots.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 28 April 1925, Page 7
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141AMERICAN NA Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 28 April 1925, Page 7
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