The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-30
76-MILE GIN Is
OF SKlEIA TYPE
1t Is Believed 0n' vfHn M Three
Exist; Some nam ssxssD-
sive Is gs1.1iz.
WORKS IN PRAGuE hlga pOSEN
Experts Estimate 1-frAs wsasAss of Pro-
jectiIe Is About :.stss ysassaSe and
Leaves Gun WnaA vEsssSss<y of
1000 Feet a jashHssns

Geneva, March ,2r~-z5a~ Rssg-range
guns bombarding Ya'sus, assslssaiing to
Vienna dispatch t~rarw~S &sre, are
OF Austrian manufacEsy@ esal were
built at the Skoda ssarsSa she gun
itself is not new. 'ssm xmxsSsy is in
new type Of she'll aeaa sssa explosive
gases used in the iFarA ~ re are
said to be only tvs, aey sbsss,sf of the
guns.
First Identified lN wsv#aksssston.
Washington, Maresa VIZ esst!e Ger
man mystery gun ri. snEaz identified
as probably being Ola Assr.sssss Skoda,
in dispatches from VFAHhaaGs&7,.
Ordnance experts ax Esh sgssfd mis-
sions here, on reassaY sR wv long
range bombardment Ay ssaeaA declared
that If the shells acrsaass Masss being
thrown by gun, 1t va.Ssazaaahy was
the Skoda, as that tssaa ursa seally gun
they knew of susceD ,sAasA VIZ sssh long
range development Hsss&s I'D not
consider, however. ua4 aesRality of
the shells being th1amsa usssA an un-
heard-of distance By naap asbR
The principal factnssaa M We great
Skoda works are in gEAhsssb exRa Posen,
Bohemia. 1t was retsgfsas ssAaA Posen
few weeks ago thaa ea'zyEiSa sS,t strike
In that city the WORSE AnM ssepn shut
down for a week. T1Es AsRssEsan army
has been well supiRxasm vSaA Skoda
guns and many OK Varaa E.0ese been
moved from Italy to nfA s''RSSSssa front.
British Exnsgsa ssilNsassl.
London, March 81 Il s agstef I
gum" the name genaasass m4sssA to the
weapon with which "a sssssssans are
bombarding Paris tEsSH o tssa..Ance, es-
timated at 76 mileG N M s4sasaaly con-
coded by experts. s-la &s,~s.y has
sprung one of the aaeslAaals ~rprises
Of the war.
Gen. Sir DesmoRa tpx1aHaea%lln, for
Merly president Of t..~ Sa,ss@t ~ unance
committee, says:
"The projectiles Iss. Nys, been
fired from longer sasl aDvNss~f guns
and with more pGarterGI kssapellant
than we have any ttiassSa'SsAa VI"
From Paris has cuBEa wFas rsS. gestion
that the extraordinalcH aHaF@ " due to
the projectile being FausNG~as with a
second charge whlta sHaFs.Asg when
the first stage Of tlra Hts;R ~ e>mplet-
ed, giving it a fresh taasassstfSs
This theory is sccatunsa Rss General
O'Callaghan, as, is Aaaassa& ESat the
projectile is fitted eaaA ii W. ppeller,
enabling 1t to coRtstmans w. quincy
when 1t Is no lonkM wws$Sa by the
projecting force fr6tn vy1a $3.50
"New Departure hA saa@k#aes"
at would SEEM" GaShs UssasassaE O'Cal-
laghan, "that a new szaMsNiSss3ss in bal
listics can alone ex1aAala allEs asAprmous
range, which is thfan sEHsSA shat of
anything hitherto acJAnassxzssa'
One expert estimafsa sssa sass weight
of the projectile Is anssss sass pounds
and that it leaves the ana tsaA muz-
zle velocity of about AtnAD ses3 Sec
ond, the gun havini ssa cessation of
about 65 degrees, "wssA vsssa quickly
takes the projectile issts a ss4atum of
rarifed air in wh3aN aasssshce is
greatly minimizet
The strain upon iSa ssSA I'd says,
must be enormous sasG Na#lN|bly it
would be unable to laseyfRa Easie than
100 rounds at the tszazA 80 host of
each heinp ahout AhkfkEs
All the experts aa1sA wssa ~ such a
tremendous range @asaa ns@saa&imate
accuracy is out of INA A1sA,n and
therefore the gun Is a@a klk - where
a target is presentsA aa d aGG scale,
like Paris.
The object they sES ~ HsaRar more
moral than material dsknRAe6gn, but
in both respects tina asa ~ Hlely to
prove even less effecasaA Msza A,h,plane