Show A CHAPTER ON qvod lefiu the most effective ast 1st usa C ii awk janef abd tbd I yire to io creaso alie BIZO nf heavy has become ui the part of many little else than a mania DAY aud the paa yeara the great urn acea alick ali DK anil woolwich have belched forth of lire chile men alack with smoke and be yrino tl with blurt have been hm n ia abid out among the ponderous forging lor ging the the din biti 1 leudin to tho ceciia all aliat boull great it appears incredible that in tamea or apparent peace loiero be auch n demand for guns M to compel tho great foundries to flork day and et the contracts which these great gun foundries are filling aru orders for more and belie guns ordnance capable of great cr power anil able to pierce aonie new device iu armor and shield coverings it has long beau a mooted military as to when this tut heavier ord bauce would tuba iilo and indica lions are at denot ing thai the thuu M very if indal il haa not already come the of kaiml tire ins aind bif hillier ni deti of ponder given to lighter and what ith llie of rapiel fire uns of artal weight vati their alop liun iii ii i fur cju iain mai followed fol lowel 1 etli a in the valoid of lie heavy gnu dur ini iho lal decade it has been one continual race betm ii ordnance and armor and hai been supremely bif ul alie life of acu new device in armor has been n very orl one lor in every in artance alif conditions have only had lo 10 lie if a certain nature lu permit if being driven wholly through all shields put up but it inu l he borne in that condi liona in every instance the more favorable no havins afen ivan tt the ahiel a at anil of inn great proving ground ii llie customary test of hield vers iia ordnance lias been ki place n large rate anchored alie plire and erect ahe filatea in the nf an target it he leach in very asme tio gifta yet been ba nut ultimately ahten iner ced it beai un ih at llie shield 11 buch that could lie placed be in the armament of u vimel but eup jowe however that a ton pun n bein fired from the turret of a aldip while the latter is plunging ami ro kinf iii a seaway it the chois from the ton gun are being aimed at the rapidly revolving ditl turrets of a i ostile tho latter ts at a af or 1010 yard the chance of the going through the turret plain are not at all agn d even if they succeed an fn it ia llie easiest matter id the world lor a projectile to be glanced let the be pierced near ly half by the blow of ahe shell the died of abo project dea however of the tio stilo vearel would be likely art prove entirely adl the chances of a pro jf caile from a JOO tun gun piercing the heaviest annor allott are extremely the safety of the vessel will theu depend ou her water chich under liay be relied upon to keep ohp afloat but rea in peed and consequent jack ol 01 movement will perhaps ach ct her seriously great guns it is difficult 10 place any figure of price tn their value krupp has no fixed tariu lie ill to a penny the price if rails per uin biml it chinca to ibe porch aae f a JOU ton gun lie accordion accord iop to the wealth of hia purchaser I 1 i a he would contract aft deliver u ton gun lor but it comes n forror 1 ditc itc looten ginta he would abate somewhat in arico nit theia every one knows krupp is a mo in abu inibig guna in I 1 alo heavy 11 otini for llie new and war thipa are luing ut the i found washing n ton though the manufacture of liaw leaeu let to private finns theae new lAmeri cati naval ibave no jt in the world they are a direct if the u naval board coin i of the moyt expert in alio Ile corM waa liall to rat ry of ri gun enado nothing was belt ui iline ollices even in wine basea to beliber ito As a result tle ica 5 inch 8 10 inch and 15 inch breech loading billeb have been out the number nf inches in each drooling the f the bore these giua tire not ats jienny as a krupp or armstrong of i calibre but they are however much longer they arc all similar in pattern and in chipy cry much ft long 1 which only in portion when it was determined a diw car cab to build the iret C inch rifle itwara found hat aundry or machine borka in a plant ft sufficient eize tu even commence abe construction plant therefore biad to be abroad and the boston aron works of buston undertook the 0 the crat gun thia farat C in rifle which is the one now mounted on he forecastle fore cattle of the united stata dolphia Dolp hiu coet tha caral of w tc sa of present cot co t iho carr tae abouo coaties bace the turning nut of abe foundry nt h juiia C eiith nal nfl at a non value of cia le cost of the capt inlo tho cost i a G inch eifle the cost of ot reater calibre it fiust w binler is moro bian a proportion ate increase accor according Jing 10 the cali bres the alivs of the guns fitted to tle new briera cr iera ami liipa ill be jonder than those of Krupps big guns that is athen both to the sine s ine number ot di tho exist euco of bip guna to the number of their firm As cne writer puta it tle lito oc one of these bay paua luay le H buerry one aa far aa noise hei but every time it is discharged it rak eus until decrepitude beta in the nicher of fires ft gun will stand an by nu lu m tu all appear ancas tt gnus liay alike yet one nay become ii bield eld afler round while the other may 1000 rounds buice authorities declare abo life of it gritu gun to bo beached leached in limit on ll 11 discharge in tho camit the U inch buzze loading which have formed tho of guns in tho navy here are awu vents provided or rather an extra maia ma ia tor use in case it should be desired ID open tho extra vent efti sago it is calculated tu line rounds per vent and then condemn the un on alie one lire aa 11 matter of fact many of these guna having had the letter 0 cut in the anchor they bear in thu r upper surface sur tace denoting they are condemned would stand 1000 more roand during thelast war alien aar roll binet were used to befurt in ihu boon baril if ahat city it waa to fire rounda ironi n newitt consigned gun ahe runners retreating to the but every shot alter the ftc aired from within tha bomb cover by electricity the gun having been previously aimed and for etc now it waa found that bome of these parrots burnt chota biad been and was known to reach it two befumo succumbing not a few burst before rounda had been fired but the parrots never could be depended upon bein i uncertain ami ann alio llio casaia which gian ride to immediate decay in a gun are erosion ero jion and disintegration erosion results from a flattening of laa grooved or rilling lu a gun tah is by atio abrasion of tle pro entile against the which in tune ceara them down boit now feitli llie rifling bol true the aim ia ad thu projectile in ila hight through the gun ia deviated wherever a break or depression occina in the rilling want of accuracy not only is of powder and projectile but a waste of the life of th gun this osute in life ais disintegration faoro a change ill the molecular condition of the gun malema liy the terrific blows of bursting charges the strength of metal is limited it may reiba a fingle blow of certain but a baun oi t alowa gradually works the change in alie natural of the metal the compound nf iraq and carbon ia overtaxed and physical lako alaci nie metal iu tha aig anns slowly weak ens and until the life u pounded out of them but when we consider tant war is a waste firing a gun at the rate of or more per khot i a matter the heaviest gubanow in service anro on the birou cladi duilio D cindolo ami lepanto of tho emvy these ln each carry four hougum a bristling cn bit arry of revolving cannon and quick firing gun it be to dinow flint ahw iron cud coat between and apiece lill our uw inan the texas and maine are not far behind bioco they will cost something like apiece n the heavy guna ordnance weigh accord ing to the caliber of ibe gun 4 for one of tho eighty ton guna on warship inflexible fatiha 1700 pounds aud krupp can excel thia he has with 2800 pound pnat tiles which are five teet ten in length aud twenty incle n in crupp haa dilso do signed a ton gun atil be fity feenin have a diameter of twenty one inches weight of yay pounds and u projectile weighing dounda tho range of birtal will bo twelve miles for tho blooston gun the 2500 and the is nine miles of churia krupp is willing to turn out these monster diina m lugii as ho finda customer but fr now looks aa jf the demand will fall our board lon ago camo to tho ron flux bion that the guns for abo new naval fonsela should be of the type how building guns having ane ad vantage in and du ra bibily ahn tania principle goil fur small arms the french a superior jn abo Chai during the franco german war but the German needle gun though it lacked the range of the proved a far weapon when wo come to consider tho power of heavy ordnance in dinglo blots and know at inches of wrought iron can bo pierced at 1000 feet away from the muzzle by the projectile of a ton gun the inference drawn is that abo action might be compared to the dropping of washington monument from the top of trinity church it would bo wise remarked an artil 1 lery officer for every one to give the immediate neighborhood a wide berth As remarked before the coming gun ia of the rapid fire type bo far the limit in piza of these gun wim lo 10 loo f C cintli calibre hd ot leigg llacar ly have aate a in the ot lia firing guar the market their firof guna nuo il cre a apil minute atis tle ya the raf lie bruzil firo guns cabi be termed little else ai wen torpedo tor pelo boats firlit to a standing to the heavy war owned by all na hiim except the united talea the farat opp oscil to was the rapid fire t i a rifle or i binl fitted with by winch the in yali could ba ui ened the alil caie withdrawn a new charge in anil the breech clotil again with rapidity tha hutch kia ki a the clr t anil gruini nent of ilni te nt 1111 although rev nil ollita inlo lady alio first type of guu presented by of anny prominence was ahti five barr cled revolving cannon li brei were made anil in rapid firing ted lin tto alio llio states government but u support 1 boiu llie navy department tie took llie in Vin liou abroad abil it vms quickly lii by ali french it vicia not long eliat the importance of I 1 hid hii ap gannt to our but to procure nuy it became to oleain theiu through french sources involved an that have occurred had the uit ix en secured first hince the of the revolving calmin yari ms obber have been turned out by the blotch kaaa borka thu moat successful one bein llie i hot rapid alre a tho 33 type of this gun haa recently rece K alven a velocity of 2031 foot aud a penetration of over 8 inches of iron llie rapidity of firo was 10 rounda per minute gun is adoption now iu the british alii french anil allu nicana have adopted nearly thiry type of quick firing guns out by the works abo british rapid lira gun is of the armstrong pattern the ag loch now firca a projectile ot 45 willi a muzzle velocity of 2073 fool seconds and a of over 0 inched in iron jb weight is now 42 hundred weight aind it forma the principal of aix oix of joaq to 1900 tons at present building it has ulso leen introduced into the navy on bord alio llio bow cruiser aej before the primary object of quick firing buia was to check torpedo cratl as tho ut iiii exceed 3 and G alie UM bein able arft with a rapidity of twenty rouilla per minute by expert crews but the more recent endeavors have apen to secure arreater rapidity fire in larger bun and to attain object rapid fire leave bt eu apalie l to 4 5 and 5 inch puni the latter throwing a projectile pounds with a powder elm rge of 10 and chamber pressure of alian eil teea tons the practice tica of cruisers entirely rapid lire buus now lein curried out in tho service will it is es act d be followed by tha conti cental powen it nuy be also taftt the coast for the united for which inns are now proposed by the ship builders of country is to havo six thirty three kr rapid fire guns four inch monitor by air thomas 0 the house naval committee and reported to have been accepted by the navy department u to carry a eix inch rapid fire eun since the i the driggs schroeder un haa come into importance this gun baa also a six ader type and has attained also a rapidity of fire of twenty four i rounds per minute and thia wilh an inexperienced crew the report of the blaid elates that ear crew Sch toed pr pun could fire thirty rounda per minute both guna use the sanio ammunition the chroeder jiin will likely be iu the united states navy on board the new cruisers one thing is certain that are looking with disfavor upon tho enormous bin guns and so long as alie earic velocity can bo gotan out of lighter i fauna then lighter guna nill mia the day traveling mens experience sr C J traveling n iff chii for cd biml alio nc bertly 1 I ha fiirst and j v rort MA bally ullene ulle nf lealin rufi r tin ariit hie U ny wark antl not exl tor I 1 an I 1 enu puiai aulm roin belil br 0 the kew discovery youl iio jit liford tir 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