The sun., 1912-07-14
Moving Pictures for French Soldiers to
Shoot Germany Mimic Regi-
ments -Airships a Problem

present 0 m0fO or0uOD pIOOIUm.
Firing has been done without mucA
suooees at kites held BY ropes attached
to vessels. Tho usual gun seems power
less against aeroplanes. This summer
unusually largo kites will BE- used. againse
which eunners will train . new gun. .
ono FOUNDER which at an elevation OF
IS degrees can throw its projectiles to .
height Of 1s. 900 fest.
The German army guards very jeAlously
fts secrets, but It 10 rumored that kites
the size Of real aeroplanes have been
used at mAnDuvres to test the value OF
the so-called balloon destroyer. This 10
Q gun mounted on . powerful armored
car which throws . projectile weighing
nine pounds to . height Of $4,000 feet.
In devising novel moving targets for
rife and field artillery practice the Ger
mans have shown good deal OF ingenuity.
Dscarding the moving targets which
were pulled by horses. capstans or Sta
tionary engines. the German army IL now
using powerful steam traction engines
which carry four rope drums able to re-
ceive over 5000 feet Of wirc rope one
quarter Of an inch In diameter. An auto
matic device insures q smooth winding
Of tho wire rope. The SHAFT Of the drum
IL driven by two electric motors.
The targets. which are moved forward.
backward or sideways at a speed CORE
spending with the conditions obtaining
In real military operations. represent in
fantry, cavalry and artillery. They are
made of some light stuff such as PASTE
board and linen and are about the natural
size of man or vehicle with it's horses.
i Irrvr - ~, H~a~
! OF which Ia connected with the lower BY
hinges 80 as to permit its being turned
around at q moments notice In case ad-
vancing or retreating infantry IL to bs
represented. The approximate speed OF
the targets is recorded
The latest and most spectacular CON-
trivance for teaching infantry to shoot
comes from France. Motion picture
films have been taken Of cavalry charges
with the effect. which In movies In %
thrilling. Of horses galloping right into
the auditorium. The screen on which
the picture Ia thrown is not the ordinary
rectangular pie ce Of cloth but 10 unwound
from the top roller and wound again on
the bottom roller and vice versa. initiating
to certain extent the focal plano shutter
in camera. The cavalry is stage cav
airy" that Ia. the Same group OF horse
men galop In and out and in again and
the speed OF tho moving curtain Ii %
adjusted that the various positions oe
riders and horses can be accurately
recorded.
After every series Of shots the light b
thrown on and the curtain wound up or
down very slowly. enabling'each man to
realize what tho effect Of his FIRE would
have been in reality and giving the in
structor time to explain the reason Of every
mistake
1t is claimed also that the moving pio-
} ture target will cure men OF the natural
} nervousness which mpairs their marks
manship at such thrilling movments a.
when they must mako n sudden stand
against troup of cavalry charging them
at full gallop. At any rate the moving
picture is proving popular with the men
and affords them simple and cheap means
, of relaxation while at work.