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Show I A Tenible Weapon.' The new gun with which the Geirnan infantry is lo he eqipprd bids fair to levolutionize infantry tactics.aud to make war so dangerous that enlistments will be a matter of dilfiouliv. 1 he ue.v in-stiument in-stiument is the small ctliher tcpe.ifng gtm ol the 1110 let of iSt!2. Its c diber is but eight millimeters, and its range is tJ.soofeet, or 1610 leet gie.iter than that j of the weapon u hose place it t .kes. It is very light, and is consiructed fori the use of the suukless p uvder. Faith I bieastwoiks less than two and a half! teet arena protection against this terrible j weapon, A discupiiou i t it says: j From now cm even the stoutest trees ' will give the foot s iblier in battle lui'e ( protection, from tiie balls, tor the new; gSns will simply pass light throii-n the! Hunks Six men in a column, each seven pares from the man befoie him, may be! |