Show NEW I EW dEw ANTI-AIRCRAFT ANTI GUNS FAR SURPASS EARLY MODELS a United States State Army Develops Weapon That Does Doe Everything but Fire Fir Washington Mobile and 1 Ire fire control Instruments et- et ef- ef effective ef effective described as flee five to ten times as as os those used luring during the World vor have been heen perfected by the War department officials of or the or ordnance department disclosed Probably the greatest strides stride ac cording to these officials has been JUad made In the development of the three three- three InCh anti aircraft artillery equipped with wilh automatic tire fire control apparatus which virtually does everything e but bur lire the guns at of the lie target The new weapons are arc said to Lo o have an 1 many times the Hie fire Ire power find and great greater World war er accuracy than thun the equipment So Su u effective are arc the new weapons hot lint hat efforts now DOW are under u way to Lu t In- In Int InI ln D t I f r I elude chide funds In the 1931 army budget to begin replacement of ot part of the obsolete material now DOW In use nse with these modern modem guns carriages and ond fire fire control control Instruments The militia bu- bu bureau bureau bu bureau reau Las as asked for tor sufficient funds tc tt Inaugurate n fi program calling ailing for th the I arming of ot N National Guard anti artIl ery antl lery regiments throughout the coun coun- country coun- coun country country try with the equipment American forces for the most part are armed wll with h antiaircraft equipment equip equip- equipment equipment ment Inadequate for tor combating mod mod- modern modem em ern speed high speed aircraft ft These weapons weapons ons have poor mobility are Inaccurate Inaccurate Inaccurate rate have hn low muzzle velocity and andare andare considered are considered generally tory Capt Wells chief of the aircraft C Copt Copt- pt G 0 M bl aIrcraft section n of the artillery divi division article approved by sion In tn o a recent MaJ Gen Geo C C 0 C Williams chief of oford ordnance nance points out flUt some sonJe of the char char- characteristics of the new Dew three Inch I weapons and fire control equipment Accor According to Captain Wells one in- in instrument In Instrument strument finds the tar target et range an- an another an another other the altitude while a n third terme termed 1 the anti aircraft director com com- computes computes computes the firing data The tile director may be regarded a as athe the heart of or the anti-aircraft anti fire con trot system Mr Wells said eald sal 1 it Is essentially a 8 super computing ma roa machine machine chine which automatically and cony observes ves the target and computes Its future position In space All factors which In any way ence the night flight of t the e projectile pro fire are corrected automatically w within the In ID Instrument strument The firing data are transmitted elec to three data datu receivers on the guns gunil |