Show I e NEW BROWNING HEAVY AUTO GUN SUCCESSFULLY PASSES GOVERNMENT TESTS It 1 Expert Enthusiastic In InI His Praise of Ogden I Mans Man's Invention The Th making epoch te tet tests of o the th recent In Indention of John M H famous lamou ms In- In In Inventor of o Ogden are arc ar described c ky by Major G 0 P Wilhelm chief lof of the small arms dh dl Islon tech tech- techniCAl technical technical staff l t office ottlee offic of the tho chief of ordnance o or of th the United States State arm In an article In Inthe inthe the July August number of th the Army Ordnance Major Wilhelm Is enthusiastic In his hi praise Dral of the th new DrownIng Browning automatic SUn gun and officially reported the tho results of the th tests fats held April 2 at the Aberdeen proving pr ground Mar land The Tho Th article Is la Illustrated with witla II ft photograph of Mr Browning Br standing by his new Invention TEXT OP OF ARtICLE Major Wilhelm writes write In In the th presence of a n number of t army and navy ordnance ot- ot officer of officers Mr John M H BrownIng the th noted gun cuji Inventor demonstrated his new nw Br auto auto- automatic automatic matic matte gun CUB at the th Aberdeen ni pg ground Maryland on April 2 I Th The demonstration Included firings of tw two and thes these guns alike In design n but du duo to enc differ differ differ- difference ence In la power one on being b built for tor a muzzle velocity ot of t about 1300 f t s 5 and the tb other for tor or 2000 f s a I considerable different In length and weight weicht The Th firings Included the tho use us of the th suns runs with barrel barni In It a a ver- ver vertical vr tied position In a horizon horizontal tal post post- position position tion lion elevated to 4 46 45 degrees and depressed to 45 degree degrees as a wella well as certain a-certain amount of firing with the sun gun upside down and on Its side Ide Ide Both guns funs functioned per per- perfectly perfectly per perfectly U G SOUGHT GOAL The demonstration given riven by Mr Browning becomes an event of Importance when the military value of this achievement I Is rec oz rec- rec recognIzed recognized For Tor a great creat many years It has been ben th the goal oal of ot and engineers r to produce a practical practical practical automatic gun un tiring firing an et- et ex explosive plosive projectile weighing less than n one on pound In the th Doer war there was WI w used the th famous Porn Pom Porn rom which was w more or ls less than an overgrown overgrow Maxim machine machin gun xun The Porn PomPom Porn Its name from the characteristic sound of tiring Iring From a military standpoint the Porn Pom Porn Pm was not successful by reason of ot Its us great erat weight and low velocity During the th world worl war th'S th old Idea of the th Pom Pm Porn Font was used again and severn several I guns runs firing pound pound one shells hella were seen on both sides aides the Germans particularly particularly arly using an nn which was similar In design a to the German Maxim but ot of course as as ver very large larre All of these the arlou arlous 1 pes of ff we weapons pons wel wele e fed by means ot of ota ofa ofa a bet beit to which there ther were some objections In the larger calibers The now new n w Browning guns Kuns are fed ted by y clips and are ar capable callable of do- do deIh l de Ih liering erinI a rate of fire tire of about to 10 shots p per r minute DIFFERENT T DESIGN SIGN Th The design I Is distinctly dif dif dif- different fe ferent nt from that of ot Mr Brown Brown- BrownIng Brownings Brown Ing ings s well sell known machine gun although both guns run are based baaed on the same ame am general enral principle 1 I e recoil of barrel Ther are ar threeS thre military uses for guns of this type First for forthe forthe forthe the air sen service Ico as an aircraft automatic gun cun n In th the armament of planes for us use against ground found targets aa as well aa as a other ther tapes t pes of aIr service ervice targets eta Second an aircraft anti aircraft weapon a run Kun of oC the same oame general t type e with higher would be b e e as an anti aircraft weapon TI-Ird TI as a an Infantry SUn run as a It li is possible that an automatic run gun with lower muzzle velocity and less size and Weight ht would become a very wa weapon on tor for this ex extremely ex- ex extremely Important purpose The Th entrance of Mr Browning Into the th field flold of larger caliber lIber automatic SUns runs Is of great Inter Inter- Interest Interest est eat to t the th army and navy In the past these thes two tw branches branch of ef the service ervie have haye hav relied for tor their auto auto- automatic matte matic pistols and for tor or one on of t their moat effective small mall caliber auto auto- automatic matte matic guns CUBS such auch as aj the Brown Brown- a Si e P C r 4 4 s r w r t ia t S SJOHN JOHN H BRO log ine machine machin gun run and the Brown Brown- BrownIng Brown lug Ing automatic rifle on the th Colt s Patent fIrearms Firearm company compan with Ith which Mr Brown Brown- BrownIng Browning Browning ing ing- ingIs Is connected The Th Colt corn com compan pan corn pan pani as well as Mr Browning Bowning are to be congratulated upon their entry Into Int th the desIgn of larger larSer caliber automatic and upon their Initial success OJ OFFICIALS Among tho pi at the test teat were Mr John M H Browning the Mr M r S Stone president ot of the th Colts Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing company Mr F T Moore works m manager nager for tor th the Colts Colt's company compan Brig Brie GenC Gen GenC GenC C L I H Ruggles chief of or manu manu- manufacture manufacture facture tenure aimy al my ordnance depart depart- department department department ment Brig Brie Gen J 1 W V V Joyce Joyes Joy I chief technical staff army ord- ord nanc department Colonel V W H HI I commanding officer Aberdeen proving prosing ground round Com Corn ComI Commander Commander mander II 11 Delano nay depart depart- department department I ment Col Coi C M Wesson I o 0 to the chief lof of manufacture army ordnance Major Eirl Erl land McFarland land commanding officer Spring Spring- Springfield Sprint field armory Major Kajor Lee 0 w chief small arms division manufacturing ser senke army ord- ord ordnance ordnance ord ordnance nance department Major G P F Wilhelm chief small arms arms- di- di division division di division vision technical start staff army ord ord- ord ordnance ord-nanc ord nanee nance department A 37 mm gun pun has been an e long lone lon sought by Inventors and engineers It now an accomplished felt te |