The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-21
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$3.50. 600 and 100000, and represent
the very last word in guns Of this
powerful type. Other fourteen-inch
guns of similar design for the navy
are being rushed to completion at
Watervliet, the plant being worked to
ity' capacity.
Ordinance officers of the army as
well as OF the navy say that no navy
In the world will possess big guns
, superior to these new ones already
completed and In process OF construc-
ton. They will fire projectiles weigh
ing ], 400 pounds, and will have a max
imum effective range of more than
I'll, 200 yards, or twelve miles. At
/ 1000 yards. or more than five miles.
the projectiles will be able to pierce
the hardest armour plate of a thick
ness of about sixteen inches.
The guns weigh 63.3 tons each. and
can be fired about 200 times without
refining. The projectile and powder
charge for each shot costs about $77S.
The new superdreadnaughts In the
turrets of which these new guns, or
others like them. are to be mounted
are the Nevada, the Oklahoma, the
Pennsylvania. and the Arizona.
The Pennsylvania will be launched
at Newport News on March i6 next.
and she and her sister ship, the Arr
iona. when completed and in commits
sion, will be the two most powerful
fighting ships of the superdreadnaught
type afloat. She will have main bat
terry OF twelve fourteen-inch guns. six
forward and six astern, in addition to
a secondary battery of twenty-five
fiv-inch guns. She will cost about
100000.
The Arizona. which is under con-
struction at the navy yard in, Brook
lyn. will also be launched early in the
spring She will be identical in all
respects with the Pennsylvania. The
ships will be the heaviest armored on
the seas and to man them more than
1.16o officers and men will be re-
quired on each.
At the proving grounds on Sandy
Hook the army ordinance officers
completed, "A few days ago. the tests
OF the new 3S-inch field how1tzer for
the field artillery arm Of the service
The new how!tzer In said to be a won
der of It's kind, and the tests con
Quoted at Sandy Hook are reported
to have been highly satisfactory In
every particular. The officers At the
proving grounds are now making prep
aration to test new howitzer of
3-inch calihre OF the same general
design 1s the new 3.s-inch gun.
These new howttzers were designed
following the demonstration in this
country OF gun ana carriage de-
signed by Colonel A. Deport. Of tho
French army, The details OF the
Deport carriage, II Is stated, were
changed materially TO suit the Amer
lean service. The elevation OF the gun
has been Increased so as to obtain
the longest range possible with tho
projectiie and charge used. This is
obtained at an elevation OF about forty
degrees.
The gun can be elevated still fnr-
Their. and 1t Is understood that a spec
ial sight is being designed which will
make 1t possible to use 1t a. an enti-
aeropiane gun "a we'll A semi-auto-
matte breech mechanicism is used so
that tho block Is opened automatical-
ly on the counter recotl and the empty
case elected. As soon a. the shell Is
inserted another device automatically
closes the block.