NEW GUN WONDER
ARMING AEROP.LANES.
Admiral Sir Percy Scott has not changed one iota his well known opinions concerning the uselessness of battleships. In an interview granted to a representative of “ The Western Morning News and Mercury,” Sir Percy discussed the Navy Estimates and the provision to spend money on battleships, and concluded with a reference to tlio new Davis gun, which “ iires from both ends.” “I hare seen this gun myself,” he said, “and all the American aeroplanes are to bp armed with it. “ It will be possible for an aeroplane to carry a 12-inch guri and fire at a battleship from 10,000 ft; up. “ Tho battleship could have no projection against such a weapon as that. “ Why. I could put ono of these 12inch guns under my arm ami not know it was fired. “ It does not actually fire a shell each end. It fires sand from one end, and this sand has the effect of reducing recoil absolutely to nothing. “It will bo possible also”for a submarine to carry a. 12-inch gun on her conning tower, so that the gun can ho in action while,-, the submarine presents practically no target to the enemy.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16450, 11 June 1921, Page 3
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