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Another London hospital was damaged in another attempt by Nazi raiders to fire London. The attempt was foiled, however, by the prompt action of the fire.watchers, who extinguished the incendiaries before they could obtain a hold. There were no casualties among the patients of the hospital which was burnt as well as hit by a high explosive. Photo shows a fireman at

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'SECRET WEAPON' LAID TO SCARE PROPAGANDA

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AS THE WAR MOVES INTO A CRITICAL PHASE, GERMAN PROPAGANDA REITERATES HINTS OF "SECRET WEAPONS."

Several times since the war began in 1939 warn- ings have been sounded-either by Reichsfuehrer Hitler himself, by German officials, or by sources which might ultimately be traced to Germany that the Nazis would soon come out with some in- novation in military equipment which would assure Germany of victory.

ing fear, and they will undoubted Iv continue to do so until this "strategy" is recognised as a part of the typical Nazi procedure. Some Improvements

Made

chine-gun which fires 500 rounds a minute at a range of three miles, and the 50 calibre Brown- ing which fires 400 rounds a min- ute at a horizontal range of four miles, are likewise developments of early types of machine-guns.

Many other so-called new weapons have been produced by the Ordnance of the United States Army. There is a 37 man anti-tank - gun which will pierce 11⁄2 inches of armour plate at 1,000 yards. and there is a 37 mm anti-aircraft Pun capable of 120 shots a min- ute of full automatic fire for de- fence against low-flying 'planes,

A new 75 mm gu'n-medium artillery-has been developed with a new standard high-speed carriage, and a 155 mm gun has been put into operation that will fire a 95-pound projectile 26,000 yards at a maximum elevation of 45 degrees.

A 155 mm howitzer has been equipped

tires with pneumatic

into France-from a purely mili-rute of 25 shots a minute; a 105

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No such weapon has as designed to cover up the methods and air brakes with increase in yet made its appearance. "boring from thin doubtlessly 50 miles per hour, and has a range 1 of subterfuge and the familiar the possible speed of from 10 to The warnings. however, have employed to bring about the fort's of about seven miles. A new anti- perhaps served their purpose in quick surrender. undermining morale by engender-

uircraft gun fires a 12.7 pound pro- The success of the German drive jectile vertically 9,700 yards at a tary standpoint-may be attached mm anti-aircraft gun fires directly to the use of the heavy pound projectile vertically about break-through tank, which is it 14 000 yards; a 14-inch seacoast self an improved "old" weapon. gun mounted on railways fires a This type of tank received its first 1,560 pound projectile 25 miles: test in smashing a highly organ- and a 16-inch seacoast gun on a defensive position in thebarbette mount fires a 2,100 pound The fact is that during nearly

battle of Cambria in 1917. Ger- projectile to a range of 30 miles. 20 months of the present

many, through the writings of In the field of tanks a new light neither the countries of Europe, author

Gen. Ludwig von Eimannsberger. tank has been developed which Asia, or Africa,

of "Mechanised War" carries one 37 n. or the United

cannon and States with its

realised that the break-through four machine-guns, while another present intense rearmament drive have produced

tank was an essential to modern medium heavy model is also be- any genuinely "new" or "secret":

wars as were armoured divisions ng turned out. and attack aviation. much less any that

This is no Larger Tanks Produced promise to revolutionise modern homely dust pan, rake and small more a secret weapon than the warfare.

Refinements and improvements as the most effective weapons yet hand pump used by the British in design have given many o'd devised in dealing with the in- weapons new potentialities. But basic principles of ballistics and

cendiary bombs. operation of all types of weapons have shown little change,

weapons --

war,

The brief campaign in which Germany smashed through the armies of the Netherlands, Bel- gium, Britain and France, and forced the capitulation of the French republic in the short space of seven weeks, provided fertile ground for reports of revolution- ary weapons which, it was argued, | the Germans must be using to ac- complish such feats.

Attention was focused, for instance, on

Three Main Categories

Production engineering prac. tices as applied in all countries are divided up into three prin- c'pal categories—artil ery, in- cluding automotive combat vehicles, ammunition and bombs

and small arms.

Similar types of equipment are in the hands of all the war. ring nations to-day. All are re- latively new weapons, so-called, but they are the results of evolution of equipment most of which was used in the World War.

The latest tank type used by the U.S. Army is a development of the 6-ton tank used in 1917. It has heavier armament, and heavier armour, larger track, more favourable weight distribution and In these categories many rela- better accessibility to the engine tively new weapons have been de-compartment. But other than these veloped by each country. For refinements, It is basically the instance. In the United States same tank.

many new types of ordnance are No military authority would the flame-thrower, in use to-day which are the put-comp'etely rule out the possibility which, mounted on tanks or car. growth of car'ler types which of some unique development. But ried by Infantry, could have been developed through the the history of warfare shows that permit lightning advances years by experimenting.

such developments do not spring through enemy lines.

The .30 calibre Garand semi-into being full-blown. Rather, they

In Berlin the story was circu- | automatic rifle in use in the United come gradually. And the alert lated that Fort Eben Emael, States, which fires accurately 22 commander-even in the face of strongest of the Liege-Albert times as tast as the Springfield some new method or improved canal defence posts, had been model of 1903, would hardly be strategy-still has at his com- subdued by use of an amazing new | called a new or secret weapon. mand methods of defence which secret weapon known as the "An- The 30 ca'ibre Browning ma- are adequate if proper y used. griffsmittel." Other reports told

of the use of nerve-gos which

rendered the defenders of the fort incapable of fighting.

Fuel A Vital Question Actually it has been

proven while

that the flame-thrower, used by some of the belligerents; is inefficient due to the speed with which fuel is used up. Further- more its original use may be traced back to Archimedes and the siege of Syracuse. Lak

As for the capture of Eben Emnel, atories of secret weapons bear only too clearly the stamp of official... German, propaganda,

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