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Show ,,rloui Defect of Smokeless Powder. H peat deal has rjeen written about j (mokeless powder, which has been opted for the French, German and istrisn armies. The Frenc have a wder of their own, and for all that has a reported of the experirnente made tb it, it is a very good powder. So is i German and Austrian powder, but it s a serious defect, which the military thorities of the two countries have !u making uneasy endeavorg to con-iL con-iL The powder has too great a force expansion, and cracks the seven miliar mili-ar Mannlicher barrel after twenty !ts. After long deliberation it was -lied, at Berlin and Vienna, that the tvdermust be adopted notwithstand-:; notwithstand-:; but it was also resolved that the umlichers must have new barrels, ese are being manufactured with as ich expedition end secrecy as possible; t to let the cat out of the bag, it must, stated that the rearmament of the L-trian and German forces cannot be ected within less than two years. odoa Times. |