New German Guns

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 3, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 47.

A FRESH and important departure in the competition between the nations to obtain the most formidable war-ship and the most powerful gun has been made by the German admiralty, according to information which our Berlin correspondent has obtained. Fifteen-inch guns are being mounted in the ships which Germany laid down last year.

These are enormous weapons of terrific power, weighing 101 tons and measuring 62 feet in length. Moreover, according to the same information, 14-inch guns have been mounted in the German battle-ships of the Kaiser class, which have hitherto been supposed to be armed only with 12-inch guns.

Guns of 15-inch and 16-inch bore are being tried in this country, but, so far as is known, no war-ship as yet building for the British navy will be armed with any weapon heavier than the improved 13.5-inch gun, which fires a 1,400-pound shell and is 55 feet in length.—London 'Daily Mail.'