Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
can Penetrate Side Of Tank
or stop an Infantry
Attack.
LIGHT AND EASY TO MOVE
Weighs l75 Pounds and Can
Be Moved From Place to
Place With Ease.
Washington. July a.


Is been hurluG gas shells The
whole area back OF uH rocks with
cloudy poison our Euuuers. gas
risk"d ana trying TO keep Me masks
uU the horses. do thU" best TO help
.. and return the fire. But many
.f thcIr guns are dlsmuuntcd. Ihry
$500 WeikyuluE.
suddenly the artillery preparation
arunst our own trenches begins n
Is hurricane fire, We are over
NUrIwed with stecl--u troplc show
Off Of steel with every drop n burst
Ins she'll our fighting equipment is
Nuur of twisted metal Every Few
uu.,- men are being torn TO picc'F
Or r moro than blood or bone can
: ~ Ii@' We arc '''''' '"'' ''' '''
'rH.ur suddenly as lf commenced
f.r Ulftgr ,7 hftcu We hear thr
'Iund"r of II pass over our heads.
.uru,ug toward our reserves. WI"
..nw th. enemy Is coming on. We
I DO ont 90 meet and stop him
with the machine Euns.
Tho grny wave advances men rum
ling little way mrching forward
"um crHtcr 10 crater. But they
lro fpcing a flying wall OF lead
Hero uud thcre they begin tp drop
ways On some grutesque position.
THE line wavcrs There IL confusion.
Hc hear huurse commands What
.rct0s 20 be open lanes appear I'm tho
rrewy ranks Yet they stiffen and
START towaid us again The fire
sweep OF our machine guns has not
I.s-, ned u Is Increasing So We
mo puzzled Almost instantly,
though. We understand
Tanks
Sure enough they are rumbllng to-
ward us- great dingy slugs. steel
side but ieweled with quick spurs
RI flame We have had no time 20
sfrcw explosives In their path. They
Hro protected hy infantry. so we can
rut even try TO fling grenades into
their tractor machinery or loopholes
our machine gun bullets spatler
d irmlesslv against their armor. And
'Ne} are approaching us
i'ut We still have our 91-milllmeter
sum The baby gun Of the intan-
Nv
Setting Her Up.
y Is very light So we took It into
a dutout and kept II safe while the
fues shells crashed upon our trench
low the eight men OF the crew rush
fur ii They slip the cleaning smart
% rght through the bore ana so carry
DO ur ana out. II ts set UP In twink
.ug Ecady FOR use.
T2Jcrc is a drifting track Of smoke
am dust over the field In no time
E} little piece. is flash hidden IN a
0dnel-l!kc contriyance upon tho
Ilzzle. is splitting Us wicked inch
L 1-a-halC n-uicr- Piercing shells into
Av flock OF tanks Their armor
Rvhn protect them. our shells will
I sNnstrlie an inch or more of solid
Nel ahd carry. their deadly charg,
W NJ. ~ Glenn
""N'" VIC gun is speeding 20 shells
minute And II Is 40 accurate
ih'y can be placed wherever the
gunner likes. almost TO the fraction
90 am inch.
Already one Of their tanks Is
stopped "a cutcrpilcr ribhRnd dan
g|nE vounliN Another receives "A
shell right between the eyes. so 10
speak u laburs n moment. then
spills fuo remnants OF It's crcT. who
% .rrpr away Tor their own limos The
puurtug infantry. swept hv our
Wt'hlr' guns hruahssind runs The
a''cE iH ropulscd.
That l Uncle SANS "antitanh"
Euu tho smallest piece Of artillery
supplied Goo our forces. aud ono of
fIo most deadly
\ Versatile Llulc Piece.
IH they don't aul lt an autiunk
sum iu the army II Is entirely too
versatile lis bald Official lille OF "37
um. infantry accompanying can
Iuu' cougoa.s a. multitude OF virtues
One 90 ITS chief uses is against
machine gun ympnccments the
concrete "pul boxes trst developed
uE 'ha Germans in Flanders during
i.H British attacks Uf last year and
NOW universally used over the front
~ l.Ip meters single high cVplo-
sn,l. which is a little longer
''IN 'u" lrinor- piercing type, will
IS. straight Through the loophOle OF
b N.I box. destroy itE machine gun
'n. ll the crew. A few more shots
M.I close the loOphulcs entirely. The
will hardly pulvcrizc the whole
tnn."DrWCnt--thnt takes al least q
t'.-hut 10 viii put it temporarily !
Itut ~ business
The "}T" is also handy weapon
against worNug partica observation
h's'A, To" eutllading down "a trench. I
ana Tor uao like "a heavy machine
gun. lu ih. short rushrs uf au often
sir' Niucty five per. cent OF It's
work IS done 10y Indirect fre. when
'h' sun pointer is directed by tele-
uhono from i1 observer or even TWO
Of them out ahead Even under
lDn Conditions. though Il liz not AN
.1lNrutc weapon. It's mechanism is|
71 SIMPLE that n can fire as fast as
lH" Iuu"li rifle n more speed is
required ana the sun does not have
/" N' 1.med 10 is good for IA shot a
second
\ Gun without n Tool.
IN" N''le cannon Is issued M threes
.' coon regiment OF infantry. i'm a /
',hi proportion to one 60 each |
tn. I,aash mortars II Is moved TO |