Germany's fighting machine; her army, her navy, her air-ships, and why she arrayed them against the allied powers of Europe . H. M. Cruiser Breslau. H. M. Royal Yacht Hohenzollern with His Majesty on Board in the Lock at Kiel THE XAVY 77 up such thrilling pages in history are not likely oftento occur again, and if they do, will not come to board-ings and to hand-to-hand conflicts. Tlie range at which the great naval battles of thefuture will be fought will be A^ery great, all the wayup to ten thousand yards. The great guns can easilyshoot that distance, while a reason for not coming nearerunti
Germany's fighting machine; her army, her navy, her air-ships, and why she arrayed them against the allied powers of Europe . H. M. Cruiser Breslau. H. M. Royal Yacht Hohenzollern with His Majesty on Board in the Lock at Kiel THE XAVY 77 up such thrilling pages in history are not likely oftento occur again, and if they do, will not come to board-ings and to hand-to-hand conflicts. Tlie range at which the great naval battles of thefuture will be fought will be A^ery great, all the wayup to ten thousand yards. The great guns can easilyshoot that distance, while a reason for not coming neareruntil, at least, the heav}^ ammunition is gone, is that atthat range each fleet will be practically safe from thetorpedoes of the other. The German fleet often prac-tises at that range, firing at a moving target which isdragged along by another boat. On each modern gunis a telescope, and there are instruments for determiningthe distance at any given moment, as well as compli-cated adjustments for sighting and aiming. The pro-jectiles used in the biggest guns weigh each nearly aton and cost well up into the thousands, so every pre-caution is taken
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