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Show JOHN M. BROWNING HELPS U. S. ' PERFECT POWERFUL WEAPON WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Successful tests of a new machine nun firing half-inch bullets and with at least double the range of the cabbre .30 machine gun now in use, was announced today by the war department. The new weapon gave "remarkable result3," the statement declared. John M. Browning, of Ogden, Utah, inventor of the Browning machine gun, collaborated with war department experts in development of the new gun. The tests demonstrated "unusual possibilities," the announcement said It was stated that the new weapon had a maximum rapidity of fire of 700 shots per minute and an efficient minimum of 400 shots a minute. |