Show I I II I I I DiVING SHEll DEVISED New Weapon capon Against the Boats U-Boats Superior Even to the Depth Charge Washington 1 Jan 22 TIme Thc The diet shell a weapon as deadly as the tin 3 depth charge e is tho the newest device perfected perfected per pel b by the nav navy ordnance experts for use against German submarines The Time new ne neshell shell dives when It strikes i the time surface of ot the Iho water instead ol of ot I bouncing as do the ordinary missiles I used In iii either elthor naval navai or ur coast de- de de Ic tense artillery In Iii addition through I the tIme use of oC a new fuse ule time the char charge c i ican can be made to lo explode on Oil con con- tart tact with n a a r th th I water or at a n predetermined rl i l-e l depth Pt Ti Thi The value of oC time the latest antisubmarine weapon lies in the time tact fact that lint shots shot S which fall slightly short will be he of or a as 15 much mi-much am as ns tho thoe e which register registe r direct hits Pursuing Its course courso beneath be be- neath the water the tho ho shell will explode explode ex ox against the tIme side of ot the tIme submerged sub Rub merged submarine Similarly when a these shells aro are aimed at a periscope 0 yf yC a submarine headed on bow-on there ther a ais is a material immaterial Increase lse ase in the chances S that an nn overshot wIll take effect somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where along th the hull I IThe The Time nav navy department has forbidden mm 1 the publication of ot details of or the time invention Invention tion ion but but- it is Js known that the British h hand and French admiralties also have hay C adopted It it |