Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-29
.ctter Missile of Great
r Accuracy and Long
or Range Produced
ALMOST NoIsELEss
SIS Demonstrate Valve in Ma
cn,ne-Gun Fire-Cost OF Man
ctuFc Of Deadlier) lBrllet no
raates Than Old Type.

shiAgton, Jan. 29.-Work Of
~ experts SINCE. the war had
oSucedi new bullet for use in
jfles and machine guns which is
s.rc,ed TO add enormously TO the
,eiycness Of these weapons in
..y future conflicts.
The new bullet is known - G
caattail" because OF q SiX-G,a
Der at The tail. Exhaustive tests
the army have shown that the
ange in shape has given wings
the bullets, adding 400 yards
the maximum range attained
7 flatteniug the traj tory, or
Of flight, .at'1, 600 yards ap-
oximately 80 per cent. CO..
in addition the army experts
we worked out new jacket for
bullets that virtually elimi-
les foulipg Of gun barrels: Il
90 PSI cent. copper and 10
cent zinc composition tbat
YES thaMifiing. clear of clog
B.. metal and will INCREASE the
lracy life of rifles and mat
ours. It also vii permit
.ccuracy of fire with small
20 be- as great in actual COM
Us in .peaee-time target work.
sts a. the Army Infantry
iol have fixed the maximum
re of the new bullet az 1880
$ as compared to $3.50 yards
n the present ammunition. 1t
has been demonstrated that
600 yards with the new ammu-
on It is possible to put cYery
into circle The size OF Tea
as the "boat-tail" bullet is
subject to wind current de-
ion.
rae army has in reserve p vast
re of wartime rifle ammunition
ich viii be Used up before IN,
oiect of equipping with The new
iodel 1922" "boataip bullet am-
milton is undertaken. 1t IL
pected. however, that the great
accur&cy OF the new ammunition
i play rs part IN future mJcr-
,oual rifle matches.
Tor war purposes oaieers be.
20 the greatest advantage o.
"boat-tail2 will be III the i'm
2sed range and effectiveness of
chine-gm fire It means en-
crease of at least 80 per cent IN
deadliaes Of machine-gm bar
age fr>, because of the flatycr
-aieotory alone.
With present y ammunition. fir
e at 1000 Yards, the bullet
caches an elevation Of lS2 inches
the tork&F the arc. With tic
sw dulles tha maximum rise Is
y inchcs Translated into terms
danger to the enemy al the
int on which FIRE is directed.
-ie means hat there is space On
III Yards where no man on his
..t you'd be safe. while w.;h
resent ammunition that space
. yards.
tests showed that the new
IS would be fired -. 1,n0G
into a six inch bulls eve.
.s compares to the accuracy o.
old ammunition at about SOD
ar3e. With this striking increase
,cm9cy NJ long range, the
uy. alp developments i, is SAID.
ceus that the United States now
the means of laying Gown
machine gun barrage at u l.te
1 other power could equal.
Swiss experts worked out 4
boat;ail" bulle. many wears ago
ID the high degree of efficiency
. rifle work obtained by the
wiss in international compc.i-
ms rest in part on such ammu-
lion. The French also bcSn
pYk in 1895 ~, changing the
So of bullcts to decrease the air
,c.ion that held them back in
ght. hat French development
r service use was not carried
~ far. During the war German
alp-Shooters. working AZ long
70. used "boat-tai," ammuui-
n. None OF these foreign de
aMents. however. has gone %
roint arrived ut by American
t experts.
ser the way Major Glen Z.
I'm. of the Ordnance Depart
:. began work on "boat-tail''
ms and the balhStjcS eff their
vt. His work was later follow
Lp by Major Townsend Whe-
q at Frankfort Arsenal and the
elopment of The bullet was car
out there.
hanging the shape of the bul-
also has changed It's sound in
it. The "boat-tail' just wills
in space, while the old Spring
J bullet passing close 10 4
MS ear cracked almost like the
,ort of the rifle itself. That
md was due to the air suction
the seuare-tailed bullet.
Hostile machine guns are locat-
by the sound Of the bullets 70