The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
structed to throw a heavier projectle than the

~ .nei lcpoIt VI, NY nort i"an,enua, iiiau,
two six-sqn batteries Of this gym in their pos
s,soi ~ ~ u '"r'lotn CIV nW ton'e a.
i nuv" T" u n /, 90 ~ H. 9vm 1t ,p !. gvn hm""di ppcerr
nmasliei be1,I" ,ls W"r H. tun nad 49,
bmc : W y" na' unnr Wv IL
~ tn,mo iIn.Ht oII'. su, III, Wv ne,d NJ or
Ia Va no, oons'urrri slI,'p." it htiu "oIn
mhic I"c9'nulo,aiils IL r. ~ >"lNiog,o t W'i'"U,
wm a In nIui'nE ,uirn ,"nSnTJ,v' ~ ,haa
service "s Simply 'V on tae strerstn q the moral
'srCI "n,Hh Nouii nt prplu'eI py ~ ,aliuIS
~ nre ne te'i,ts Whicl "" gun nus prouFn.
ABOUT IN Solth Nirlch nave bee, nioral rather
Than actual, II was not. until IN" weapon
u~huerWeNt t'e TEST oi war tlat NV one r'lll|eu
WHY ~ ,hec, N'nil oe NJ WhI oItce 500,
,lau'1 iarse orirr- WIN Ms-Sr- Nl'her> SON
~ MAXIM Tor tle!r automatic, guns IN lntHre
i,Ss wi nI", I've y fs al pn" Of ,hn IT, s% ~ IrrTic M'N-
me cii"i Innovation IN the rln'-ril!ntr hu,o-
inatlc gun Is a c99nirivanc" FOR rcloAdtng IN,
eAIenu.u nrns III, machine. Wnicn Is sil,'ii
Ih"i or pave removes on" ~ ne ettltn,,
o,a"ptHnT ,@ va" rapin ihah.l.,uIon m ~.
tMn rpri,'IH IT, wa h"' s>lIE J." i'loau vac
~ ~ NH, a'N'Na y NioW II",',a ~ n,''Iu,
i !" o. w Wr''' no Wv" .y." I' Wi,h ,'' ,ha Tn1chtre
The belts are loaded RAPIDLY and With perfect
""ffhhnn 'I d. .r,, 80 sLo, ~ uba, ,o.l
Ion, n /, LII .. $500 SnmN Wma, 49,, r,aj
~" var na'rmm - nov oenE mahit''audr
vi ausUnn Ih'E 1n"w sIp'iiuvnr 49,
H. H. Ia Ia a " : : "o,rIvh Nrs" go rce
known 70 modern science I'M Hrit'sh Goy.rn-
ment sent four OF these guns TO South Africa
,n BIZ or~ war va, Nv" o ,n"m W. Va@tu NV
them, into action against the Pretoria forts,
~, ,re ,o oTt1aL.,chh" =, Nv IVA wv Sr,d ag gr,r
t,hhs Roers On or one ecu Su,t s;o n'a a. W.T. sr : "faamH6
yards The how.tzer -, mounted on a car
n,anf ", Wwhaeis Il, hncn,nav !, 10 I'm No carriage
IT," hreech Is of the cylindrical-screw acton
Gf!llted to tho system preyo1..ns
Tho yennrni hraocb listen, n,1"miIrtIr.d ~
wv 'INNN '|Ff' o. W. NlAl'AA ~
IN" Skoda works The hr"ech"- " their naval
s@@inafi G drscr rl ET ' NJ , YGaf foT HhiI"lni ~- hi %i.
go mn total length. $50 nm. length 81 riic
t"ro, i,ien MN number Of groove, 20; weight
Of gun. including brooch. 2,l30 kilos. weight
or 'radI", with gun; $500 EIo-' weight ~ mat
form with body of carriage, H.i:G kilcs,r'Col!
taken b" ~" hrdrlulic buler, $40 mn weight
Of. proiectilr. i3j kilos i?sor Tho initial
velocity is Hsi p IT n'trinum range Indicated
SOP wards When cupin'"d on III" Travelling
c~arrase tho weight Of the iirbcr lie $50 kiloS
the gun and its erode on. wheels. with linbcr
ia $3.50 kilos; Of a second %carriare. with the
But tho Skoda howit7cr hns one defect Il has
to be lowered to n horizontal r%osItioi! before
j%rc,iic into tbo hreoch can hN u.od.
The onlv automatic gun exhibited in which
the rate Of automatic Ere ia under control IL that
the Maxim. Colt and Hotchkiss there 4. NJ wean
her ween single shots and the extreme rate ~
FIRE Bn. the rain objection 70 the stoda
u ANf'HN '. - INV fH~IAN nv NF1N vi IL" I'M Ii'lNA me
The recoil acts on a srrinC as in the Navirn,
which works bv parallel motion n rendrlum
underneath tho gun. The swing ~ the rendu-
llu ia re9ror ihlo for the rer,Od Of reassertlon
on the rnrt Of the srrIng. and bv manipulating
II the sreed ~ Ere is regulated. A the whole
~ ,ba motion is exposed ? will be readil- under
stood that the weapon IL clumsv md lends i,self
~ caslaIt,- The barrel ne in the MayIn. il
Furnished with a water iacle 81 IN nrevent heating
The brooch is fed from above through n s%lan'tnC
racrrtacle carahlA ~ holding ioO round Tho
-ooe-t1cle contains n usofnl contrivancr. which
,uhriontes each cartridge during Ne raseore
into tho hreeoh 10 facilitate extraction. Tia
co,hre Of the e,n e sn,rr the length ofthe barrel
t-nnm md the weight ~ tho gun when the
water iacLe, is a,r-tv Am II T. fitted with
eeyeral diFaren, mourtincs. and I'm one can be
carried on he back ~ n man The initial veloc-
IL" is 1 .sn4 zee, and the nrrrox,mate range = 10
cards From 81 70 .O rounds per minute is
the rate NJ Gre
Ono Of the features ~ the Votchkiss Ordnance
Corononv's .rhiti,ion IA Tho now attacbre emit
hy which i,s Guns have h.en rendered .eri-
au,orna,lc The material advantage Of this
i,nnrovemen, ia tina, tho manual working ~
tho gun is rednced 10 rho action ~ loading md
ori,c II is n,nossih,e for tho broccL I oreu
d,,,i,g racol Rv tbIs r,esr. there will Le
No recurrence ~ the unfor,urnte accidents
,rtich bar. ro.rl,ed ,,orn ,be d,snIa cepo,,
o -ridco rLjcb has bmny Gro md eynlcI.d
"ntJ. ,Lo hraocb rba senJau,or,,,ir
o.,s"r. ns h,riir a,oI -,
H''i'i''.'h h"i VI 70 ~. 49,. "