Bullet-Proof Shield to Protect Riflemen in the Field
Item
-
Title (Dublin Core)
-
Bullet-Proof Shield to Protect Riflemen in the Field
-
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
-
Bullet-Proof Shield to Protect Riflemen in the Field
-
extracted text (Extract Text)
-
THE bullet-proof shield shown in the
accompanying illustrations is the in-
vention of Samuel J. Winn, Jr., of New
York city. It is intended to give a fair
degree of protection to riflemen firing
from the trenches or in open territory,
where natural covers are lacking. It may
also be adapted for use with machine-
guns.
The shield is made of an alloy of
chrome and vanadium steel,
with drop-forged rivets and
other accessories. It consists
of an upper and a lower part,
which, when applied over the
muzzle of the rifle, is shifted
rearwards to a point near the
lock and held there in an
oblique position by the upper
edge of the port resting on the
lock’s casing and supporting
the shield. There is also a sec-
ond port above the first on the
lower half of the shield and in
line with the sight of the rifle,
so that the user will be shielded
while aiming the rifle.
The total weight of the
shield, with its lower part of a
thickness of three and its
upper part of four millimetres
thickness, is seven and three-
quarter pounds. The weight
of the shield naturally would
depend on the distance at which
it was expected successfully to
withstand rifle fire. Although it
is probably too heavy to be car-
ried by the individual soldier on
long marches, provision is never-
theless made whereby it can
readily be attached to the cart-
ridge belt. The contrivance is
believed to give full protection
against rifle fire at
five hundred and fif-
ty to six hundred
feet. If it is not too
cumbersome for the
soldier, already loaded
down, there may be a
chance for its adop-
tion by the army.
-
Contributor (Dublin Core)
-
Samuel J. Winn Jr. (inventor)
-
Language (Dublin Core)
-
eng
-
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
-
1918-07
-
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
-
82
-
Rights (Dublin Core)
-
Public Domain (Google digitized)
-
Archived by (Dublin Core)
-
Filippo Valle
-
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 93, n. 1, 1918
