El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-03

ger threatening: and IT. Is a simple
matter 20 drop bombs in front of It.
such bombs are provided with delay
action" fuses. so timed as TO burst
after sinking so feet or more IF one
OF them eEplodes near the submarine.
the latter. which is q mere she'll OF
steel can hardly escape destruction
The pyrOtechnic bomb. when
dropped by an aviator, loerates a
parachute carrying a magnesium light
course, for use at night, Illuminating
the surrounding landscape, and en-
abling the flying man 20 choose a
safe landing place matter often OF
no small difficulty when the terrain
Is uufa miliar and he finds himself Tar
away from his home base
The fraEmeutatiOu bomb Is intended
for use against troOps-iu other
words. for killing men on exploding,
IL flies into a multitude of pieces
The hand bombs used in trench
fightiug-indeed for any sort of work
at. close quarters. such as clearing
out enemy dugOuts or In hand TO hand
combat for the possession Of villages
are Of several patterns some Of
them are spherical IN shape. and are
thrown like baseballs- However, the
method Of throwing is IN itself pecu-
liar. the cast being made overland
oddly enough. IN much the way that
woman throws
Women Good Bomb ThrOwers-
4 womau's arm Is set on at the
shoulder in such fashion that she can
not throw as man does A man
throw operates like whiplash, with
a peculiar snap. This cannot be imi-
tated by a woman. whose throw is an
overland cast-rhe very thing for
bomb. II ever we have women reel-
ments. like the Russians, they should
make good bomb thrOwers.
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use by our own army is stout steel
tube . II inches in diameter and car
rying five ounces Of high explosive
IL is set off By a percussion cap and a
detOnatOr Of mercury illuminate
tail of ravelled cord gives it direction
in flight uike the feather OF an ar
row.. tnsuring that the 'front.' end
which contains decorator and cap.
shall strike the target
This is a typical impact bomb.
from IL in construction Is
the time bomb" likewise thrown by
hand). which has a sort OF trigger
like attachment When this IS
grasped in the hand, the trigger is
squeezed agaiust 10, and, when thrown
the trigger Is released. the bomb eX-
plOdiDg eXactl yfive seconds later
The bomb thrown by hand. what
ever its shape. may properly be called
a grenade Its employ ment De- re-
version TO a method Of fighting that
dates back 10 the NapoIeOnic era and
beyond. in which the bomb thrOwerE
were known as Erenad1ers and bonn
bardiers- Military theorists until re-
Gently have taken 10 for granted that
there could never be q return 20 sucn
a mode Of warfare. inasmuch as 10
was not supposed that the destructive
ness of modern weapons would permit
armies 20 come 10 close quarters
Rifle Grenade Il New.
The rifle grenade. however. IS
wholly a new idea and nobody seems
10 know who invented It II resem-
bleE in character the tubular steel I'M
pact bomb above described. but. I'm
place OF a tail. il is provided with
steel rod that fits the bore Of an
ordinary army rifle
The cOntrivance is very ingenious,
the rod having movable ring. whose
adjustment fixes the distance 20
which the rod penetrates the bore
Of the sun BY this means the range
Is determined. For longest range. the
rod is thrust into the barrel for its
full length, for shorter range. less far
Hand bombs of any kind are car
-ied custOmar1ly in waterproof con-
-ainers OF timed iron They are liter
ally canned proiectiles- II they we're
1ut thus carefully protected from Z
iampness. they could not be counted Z
IN in an emerEency- They might fail T
10 explode The fighting man must Z
always be able to rely upon the ef- ]
,iciency OF his bombs. any failure OF .
which would be liable 20 cost him his Z
life. and perhaps 70 involve a gen
sral defeat in action
As everybody knows, bombs Of I
much bigger "caliber." and CORE
spondingly more destructive. are I
brown from trench mortars Of vsri- :
Jus patterns-some OF them weighing I
rs much as so pounds apiece The Z
uortars are cheap and simple affairs. .
lf small cauber relatively 20 the .
iiameter Of the projectiles. inasmuch .
IS merely the tubular "snout" OF the .
bomb is inserted into the mouth Of .
gun Of this kind Thus the bomb .
nay be IS inches in diameter. and the .
Bore OF the mortar three inches OF .
ess. This sufficeS. because the dis