A RIVAL TO THE "75."
LONDON. March 27
The Evening Standard states that the War Office has decided to issue a new field gun which was tried successfully in the latest stages of the war. TW range of the weapon is four tho isand yards being greater t] liin t] ia t , f the eighteen pounders. It has extr-i----ordinn.ry steadiness, rivalling tho French'"seventy-five." It fired 2H rounds a minute during its trial.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17535, 31 March 1919, Page 2
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