Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-09-30
GFFECT OF PROJECTILES ON HARVEYIZED
AND kRUPPIZkD ARMOI..

GFFECT OF PROJECTILEs ON HARvEYIzED
AND kRUPPIZkD AltMOE.
caya? I had an opportunity to examine
the Brooklyn ut close range the ether day,
and it was with difficulty That could find
her scars. I have not seen tho wreck OF
the Vizcaya, but We have all &c photo
graphs of tho great holes which American
projectiles tore in her sides.
The "man behind the gun" Is not going
20 begrudge little glory to the inanimate
srmor plate which kept him atloat by
tending of the shots hurled Mt him by
other men behind other guns. Spain
bought her armor plate in Europe. Our
armor Is all homemade. 1t Is made capn.
BILE of resisting projectiles by what Is
known as tho harveyized process. For
eight years it has been u standard Of OK.
cellence. Moreover, ii las stood the actual
test of war.
Now we are told that there Is an arlnor
better than that made Ivy Mr.. Harvoy's
process Herr Krupp, tho great gunmak'
or Of Essen, has brought out q new prod
uct which Is sold to- hay" greater powers
of resistance than that made by tho Har.
vey method In view OF the fac5 that we
are just about to build a lot Of NOW battle
ships this Is important. Ii arn,ur plate Is
such an important factor in tho winning
of naval battles as tho results at Santiago
and Manila seoln to indicate, then the
new American warshirs should have jack.
ets of the best kind. This Ia the view our
naval authorities take of the situation, for
they are considering tho adoption of the
new Armor
This does not moan that wo shall have
to import our armor plato. Tho two Amer.
lean firms which make arlncr plate have
purchased tho right of manufacture In this
country from Herr Krupp and have noti'
fled tho naval authorities that they arc
ready to turn out tho Improved product In
any quantities.
Recent tests seem to prove the new armOr
superior to tho best heretofore made, and
the result has been thar I'LL the admiral
ties of tho world except those of Italy and
the United States navy department have
decided to uso tho llruppi:ed plate In the
future. 1t has boon adopted as tho new
standard By England, Germany. France
Austria and Russia, and, by these coun.
tries its use has been specified on all ths
war vessels now proposed and In course
Of construction, except where contracts
had been made before the introduction OF
the new arInor.
The essential difference between har-
veyizod and kruppized plate may be sum-
married in the statement that inch
harveyized plato can be easily penetrated
with inch uncapped shell at approx
mately 1900 feet a second, and the 6 inch
kruppized plate will equal in resisting
capacity eight or nine inches Of harvey
ized and 12 inches of the old homogeneous
oil tempered, annealed armor.
There are many who believe that the
naval battle at Santiago proved that har-
veyized armor Is sufficient protection
against projectiles as manufactured today.
Whether this be true it Is evident that,
as kruppized plate has one-1fth more re.
sistirg power, by using kruppized plate
the weight of tho arlnor can bo greatly
lessened, and at tho same time furnish
protection equal to that of the harveyized
Qrmor.
The Introduction Of kruppized armor
at this period is opportune and fortunate
for tho navy department as regards tho
execution of it's now building programme.
If allowed to have n free hand by CON-
gress, the naval constructors will readily
solve the problem of speed, and easily pro-
duce the best armored battleships in the