Show gerlai the marine marine francaise publishes an article by admiral lere in which he assures his readers that a revolution in naval affairs is approaching not less important than that caused by the introduction of armored ships the gun will cease its contest with the armor plate in the sense of seeking to penetrate by its shock and will henceforth scatter destruction st by launching explosive shells of large capacity at comparatively low velocities A shell containing kilo gra grama in a of would he says be a heritable table torpedo and would infallibly destroy whatever it fell upon the gun for this service would be a mortar such as is used for military purposes and in tho the admirals admira rs view a mortar of 22 cm 86 inches would replace a gun of 14 cm 55 inches and one of 0 17 7 cm inches a gun of 16 cm 63 62 i inches ches wherever these are found guns of high velocity he says must mast be reserved for action against the tha personnel son riel they have henceforth no place against gain at the ship itself this proposal is but an extension of admiral Reveille leres reg project of swift mortar vessels analogous to torpedo boats but constructed for the launching of aerial torpedoes |