Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 89.djvu/230

 Science Is Terrible, When Applied to War

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��Above, one of the big anti- aircraft machine guns mounted on a motor-truck trying to get the range of an enemy air-raider. The concussion of the gun when fired is sHghtly overcome by an iron beam underneath the rear of the truck. The beam is equipped with jacks on either end to clamp it securely to concrete blocks car- ried for that important purpose

��At left, a piece of a 15-inch shell from a British battleship. This i;ives a fairly accurate idea of the hugeness of these shells and the ilcstruction they can cause when they strike to the heart of a target. In the recent naval battle between the high-sea fleets iif both England and Germany tlicse shells were fired with abandon at a range of miles

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