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Show new Antiaircraft Gun j Is Messing Up Germans ROME, ITALY. An American 90 millimeter antiaircraft gun, which : J hurls explosive shells at terrific velocity, is being used against I enemy troops in Italy with devastat- ; I ing effect, and has proved an ideal dual purpose weapon, the Allied I command said recently. 1 This highly mobile weapon, which can be fired at distant targets in ; much the same fashion as a sniper's rifle, is an adequate American an- ' swer 'to the Nazis' famed 88 milli- ! meter gun. German prisoners told ' graphically of the terrible effect of ; its shells on the enemy troops. i An official source reported the 90 millimeter gun, which is called the "Baby Long Tom," because it is e fit companion for the 155 millimeter f rifle known as the "Long Tom," has ' '. been used as a ground weapon since i j Cassino. ; I |