Show I FIELD GUS GUNS THAT ARE USED BY THE THE- FRENCH ARMY n I I There la is a popular impression that the French army is equipped with withfield withfield field eld guns of the type made ronde familiar i by the and the tho Doers Boers This Is erroneous the Iron Age Ago states stales The French government gun is manufactured at the government the arsenals and andun un under t no circumstances can it be bo pur pur- chased The g greatest secrecy surI surrounds sur sur- rounds the tho manufacture of this weaD weapon I on and the guns are well covered with taJ tarpaulins when ihen on parade French ordnance officers superintend all steps in the manufacture of the tho pieces The field guns in In use throughout the European services today all employ employ employ em em- ploy the long recoil system that Is the tho gun carriage Is immovable With guns not so EO equipped it is necessary run n the gun into battery again after aft aft- er Cr each discharge Tho long reco recoil l guns have havo the recoil taken up in cylinders cylinders ders either cither placed under the te carriage or along the trail The m leal cal ar ar- differs but the principle Is the same namely to allow the gun to recoil recall on the carriage without the carriage The object to be attained by modI modera modern mod mod- I ern era field artillery Is 18 effective shrapnel shrapnel nd nel fire Most European field pieces have a caliber of 29 inches and I throw a shrapnel projectile weighing 11 11 1 1 pounds This shell carries about I t bullets and experience shows show that i these bullets to do effective work most mast have a striking energy of abo about l 1100 too 1100 foot |