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Show U. S, WILL TEST POWERFUL RIFLE TROY. N". Y., March ll. The United States government lias placed an order with the Yvatervliet arsenal for a gun. to. supersede the famous 155-millimet.crs gun. ! The new gun is larger, shoots further and i does more damage, it is called a "10-1." j and two guns were ordered as an expert- ; ment. The gun is eight inches in diameter, twenty-one feet six inches long, weighs twelve tons, lias a range of ten miles and the projectile weighs 175 pounds. It is the most powerful weapon of its size in existeu ce. |