Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-08-21 | Page 10 | 'Winged' Torpedo Shell is the Latest French Weapon

WINGED TORPEDO SHELL IS THE THI U ICH WEAPON X n. n 4 S S S. S d F C j ck t- t P f t 1 ft St 4 i I milE torpedo shell or winged projectile the tho latest weapon of trench THE L warfare ra developed by bt tho the French Is shown In the tho picture above In trench warfare whore where the tho opposing lines are arc only onh fort forty yards or so apart both sides have havo exercised much Ingenuity In devising do weapons which i will hoist the largest II possible charge of or explosives into the air nIl and drop it into tho the enemy's trench l In order to throw the tho lar largest largent eRt burl bursting UnE charge charse the projectile Is outside the tho gun bUn being carried on a f rod roel which fits tits in IIi the barrel The revolving motion o of the tho projectile keeping It stead steady on Its course Is given b by varies vanes like those schoolboys put on darts or the r feathering ath on arrows