Guns That Shoot not Shells, but Messages to Commanders
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Guns That Shoot not Shells, but Messages to Commanders
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Guns That Shoot not Shells, but Messages to Commanders
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Caption: The Germans on the West front shoot off messages with mortars
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THE transmission of messages,
observations or directions from
the first line trenches to the head- |
quarters of the regimental or brigade |
commanders behind the lines is always
difficult and attended with great
risks. Of course connection by tele-
phone is maintained whenever pos-
sible. Sometimes telephone and tele- |
graph wires are shot away. Besides,
the enemy may have tapped the wires
and may be able to hear every word
spoken. .
The Germans on the West front have
used several ingenious methods for |
overcoming these difficulties. The
observers in the observation trenches
in front of the first line enclose their
messages in a evlindrical metal box
and shoot it by means of a grenade-
thrower or a mine-thrower to the rear of
the lines. The accompanying diagram
clearly shows the construction of the
projectile used. To the box containing
the message a red-fire cartridge is at-
tached, which is ignited by the explosion
of the sending charge, and by its vivid
' glare plainly marks
the spot where the
box with the message
dropped. The grenade
thrower, at an eleva-
tion of thirty-two de-
grees, sends the box to
a maximum distance of
six hundred yards.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-08
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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189
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 93, n. 2, 1918
