Show he ile arming tile the Gerni gerbi gernhart ani art troops Tr oos the german w war ar 1 department has ordered some cf ef th the e new krupp kropp nield field guns which have been subjected to various trials during the past eighteen months to be distributed among certain batteries of the regiments of field artillery A he horse r 15 c battery of these guns has been select selected e d for field artillery of 0 f the guard the new eun zuri Is described as very mana manageable eabie cable I 1 and it has lately been provid provided ed w with ith fth an iron gun carriage of novel construction th those the e troops of tho the cavalry and artillery which have not been armed with tho the new rifle such as the cuirassiers the blans th the landwehr cavalry and the gub cub officers 0 of f the artillery are to be provided with a n new eliv cliv pistol the old smoothbore smooth bore cavalry pistol being quite out of dato date A serles series of or experiments arc are to be made this summer eummer with a view of ascertaining tha th best system of construction to be adopted for this new pistol it being considered that the revolvers lately introduced into the english austrian aud and french armies arc are much too complicated in construction st and limited in range the arm which is believed to be best adapted for the purpose is 18 a tre bre breech ech loading pistol with a ratton remington lock and the same ammunition as I 1 that at used for ft tl c mansar rifles the thae construction of these rifles is proceeding ln with great rapidity in the government factories and it is expected that by the end of 1875 not only the whole of the german infantry of the line and of the guard and of the roberre troops which would have to be called up in the case of war W a r will be provided with th the new arm but also that it will be possible possie ic to lay in a su budden sudden stock to provide for all coutin agencies in the artillery depots the converted needle needie need guns would then be issued to the infantry of the land lana landwehr wehr n ehr it is estimated that the total number of rifles rilles in store will this year amount to at least steps are arc also being taken for introducing a uniform tini form metai metal for all the different kinds of rifles and pistols used need in the german army |