Show TESTING OUR ARMY RIFLES its wounds are seven but the great weapon Is the shrapnel gun For tRiley kan june 30 an ol 01 fickal test of toe new military rifle the krae jorgenson was made on the government target range at the post today under the direction of dr L D griffith of kansas city member of alie united jalcs associations of military surgeons and chairman of the national committee on testing new runs assisted by a firing detail of cavalrymen and a dozen attending surgeons sur geens and photographers the object of the test was to and out the relative humane effect of the uso of the krag jorgenson gun as compared with other army rifles the test has been demonstrated to the minda of those who participated that the krag jorgenson gun is not a humane gun this Is repetition of the verdict reached some months since at a test at fort leavenworth alie correctness of which verdict was disputed by some effi Sf fi scientists three cadavers were placed side by side in an erect position just at the base of a hill and a paper target was placed in front of each to furnish a eight adjutant scott of the fifth cavalry placed a detail of sharpshooters first at a dia tance of 1000 yards and then at 1500 yards the firing was first by singles and then by volley examination of the bodies were made at intervals and analyses made of the wounds photographs were made of the wounds showing as much as possible their nature A test of shrapnel ahot used by the artillery followed the krag jorgenson test the same ca davera bete used and the range taken was 1000 and 2500 yards the shrapnel shell weighs 17 pounds and has behind it 3 pounds of powder it contains a bursting charge of ounces the shell is similar to the service one and differs from the common shell in being filled with bullets and having only a sufficient bursting charge to rupture the shell and release the bullets which then move with the velocity which the shell had at the time of bursting to disable a man the bullets must have a striking velocity of feet per second they are effective from 1000 to yards the bullets are assembled in circular layers the shrapnel for the 32 inch yun contains bullets one halt inch in diameter weighing 41 to the pound the total number of bullets and individual pieces in the shell is most of the firing today was at 2500 yards to do effective work the shell should burst thirty to forty yards in front of the object aimed at some very good wounds from a scientific standpoint were obtained and the opinion strengthened that alie shrapnel gun is to be the mankiller man killer of the future after the cadavers had been filled so full of holes as to be for experimental peri mental purpose the effect of the shrapnel shell in slopping a cavalry charge was tested the firing was at 2500 yards distance the wounds made were of such a nature as to demonstrate thoroughly that the shot will atop horses effectively thus disabling in the best possible manner almost any amount of cavalry that dare face it each piece can be fired twice per minute making twelve per minute for battery of six which would sweep miles of range kansas city journal |