The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-16

several of the boats of the mosquito feet
This gun is of -millimeter calibre, which
according TO the way the size of guns are
calculated here, as equal TO .236 ealibre, or
the same size as the rife now used by the
navy. This gun can fire 200 shots a min
Ute and has a range of 5000 feet. The me-
tai in the barrel of the gun is one inch
thick, and the cartridges are fed from
belt. containing 1,0OO, stored in a steel box
attached near the breech. Al a test made
in the navy yard a bullet from one of
these guns was sent through a three
eighths inch of steel plate, through 20
inches of wood through a steam coil, and
finally through another one-eighth-iRch
steel plate The gun weighs tnirty-nine
pounds and The tripod sixty-nine pounds.
HotchlIiss guns are divided into two
classes, rapid fire and machine. The ma
chine guns throw projectiles one and three
pounds, respectively. The greatest range Of
a three-pOunder is a mile and a half and
of a one-pounder about a mile. There are
one, three and six pound rapid-fire guns,
which are largely used on all the vessels in
the navy.
There are two kinds of one-pounders,
light and heavy. The light gun weighs Y
pounds and is 33 inches in length. The pro-
jectile weighs one pound, and TO fire il re-
quiTes 2.S ounces of black powder or 81
ounces of smokeless powder The range of
these guns is about mile, and they are a
little more destructive when the smokeless
powder is used. With black powder the in
itial velocity, or speed at which the projec-
tile leaves the muzzle, is equal TO 13lS feet
a second and the muzzle energy is equal
to the sudden impact of 1874 tons. Imme-
diately after leaving the muZzle one of
these shots would penetrate IL inch Of
steel, at distance of LEGO yards it would
penetrate half an inch, and at 1000 yards
it would penetrate a fraction over a third
of an inch.
With smokeless powder the initial veloc-
lily is equal to 1,509 feet a second the muz-
zle energy is equal to 1873 tons and the per-
foration Is an inch and half at the muz-
zie. 0.55 inch at 1000 yards, and 0S9 inch
a 1000 yards
The heavy one-pounder weighs 800
pounds, is SO inches in length, but only
throws a projectile weighing one pound a
little over a mile. 1t takes charge of
four ounces of black powder, and the
initial velocity is 1890 feet, the muzzle en-
ergy is pa tons and it's perforation is 1.b
inches at the muzzle, two-thirds of an
inch at 1000 yards, and hair an inch at
1000 yards.
A three-pounder weighs asa pounds Is
50 inches in length, and throws projec>
tile weighing three and a third pounds.
This gun, like the one-pounder. can be
fired with black powder or smokeless pow
der but is most effective when smokeless
powder is used With black powder the
charge is IS ounces, the initial velocity at
the rate of 1000 feet a second the muzzle
energy equal TO 92 tons Its power of
perforation is Al inches at the muzzle, 2
inches at 1000 yards, and IL inches at
2000 yards
When smokeless powder is used the
charge weighs only 10 ounces, and the
nuZzle velocity is equal TO 1882 feet a sec
ond. The muzzle energy is 12S tons, and
it's perforation So inches at the muzzle, 27
inches at 1000 yards, and 15 inches a,
2,0O0 yards. These guns win carry about
a mile and half.
The six-pounder, as its name denotes,
will throw projectile Weighing six pounds
and it will carry about three miles The
gun itself weighs sos pounds, and is feet
8 inches i'm length. The charge of pow
der ID takes is two pounds. and the shot
leaves the muzzle at the rate of $50 feet
a second. The energy of this shot al
the muzzIe is equal to 1852 tons. At the
muzzle IT win penetrate 5ls inches, at
] coo yards IL will penetrate ga inches, and
at 1000 yards 81 inches
The marines on the ships are armed
with a very powerful rife called the Les
straight-pull rife. This is magazine gun
of .236 caliber and 1t uses smokeless pow
der in its cartridges and a steel pocketed
bullet. The initial velocity of this bullet
is equal to 2,460 feet a second. 1t viii
penetrate 60 inches of dry pine wood j
feet from the muzzle of the gun, and
it will kill at more than a mile The
pressure on the gun when fired is 60 COX
10 the square inch. Forty-five shots a
minute can be fired with it,