Show new bullet increases range of machine gun cheyenne wyo the machine gun of 1925 vintage a CO browning type appears ns as a n challenge to the effectiveness of the quinze famous artillery piece of the world war experiments and maneuvers executed by the seventy sixth field ar tillery stationed at fort D A rus rug sell disclosed that tho the improved machine gun lias has an effective range of and yards and a maximum range of yards the use of a new design of bullet with a beveled streamlined base instead of the former square base was said to be responsible 8 pon sIble for the increased range the gun shoots at a rate of bullets a minute ind and falls on a 45 degree angle on a hattery battery redoubt thus being a possible factor in wiping out an entire battery crew |