THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



To Allow Greater Flexibility of Action, Recent Canadian Ar- 

 mored Automobiles are being Fitted with a Double Set of 

 Controls. 



however, that the engines cannot be 

 driven backwards or reversed for long 

 periods because of over-heating on ac- 

 count of the positions of the radiator 

 and cooling fan. The arrangement per- 

 mits a car to be quickly withdrawn when 

 necessity arises, after which it can be 

 turned around. There are forty armor- 

 plated cars in this battery and the accom- 

 panying illustration shows one of the mo- 

 tor vehicles stripped of the "fighting top" 

 for an examination and test. Space is 

 provided in the center for accommodat- 



bullets are the modern sharp 

 point or spitzer type, used by 

 most of the foreign armies as 

 well as that of the United States. 

 The rifle can be opened, a clip 

 of five cartridges inserted, the 

 rifle closed and one shot fired in 

 less than four seconds by a 

 skilled man. To load the clip of 

 five takes but a trifle longer than 

 to slip one cartridge into the old 

 style, single shot rifle, and so a 

 rapid and continuous fire is af- 

 forded. 



The French rifle uses a tu- 

 bular magazine parallel with the 

 barrel and holding eight cartridges. As 

 it is not clip loading, it is very slow to 

 recharge. The British rifle, unlike the 

 Mauser, holds two of these clip loads of 

 cartridges, or 10 in all, but is loaded 

 from the clip like the Mauser. 



A NEW DESIGN OF ELECTRIC 

 SWITCH 



A recently patented switch presents a 

 new idea of interest. The fuses of the 



the most severe conditions. 



ing the machine guns and gun crew. The switc h are so . arranged that it is only 



motor trucks are very rugged, to stand P ossibl f > g am acces ? to , them after the 

 ' current has automatically been turned 



off. Another feature of the invention is 

 that the switch is so arranged that only 

 authorized persons can reach the live ter- 

 minals. The first feature of the device 

 is of importance, since, if a short circuit 

 exists on a line, it is not possible for a 

 person to be burnt while inserting the 

 fuses. 



HOW A MILITARY RIFLE IS 

 LOADED 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the Turkish and Spanish Mauser used 

 also in this same form in Mexico as 

 well as a clip or charger of mod- ^^^ 

 ern ammunition ready to be 

 stripped into the magazine. The 

 hand of the soldier is clasped 

 around the rifle, while the thumb 

 presses downward on the top 

 cartridge. The five cartridges 

 are pressed out of the brass clip 

 or charger, which is held in the 

 slots in the rifle frame, until the 

 last cartridge or the top one as 

 they are shown is caught by 

 the* lip of the magazine. 



The forward motion of the 



bolt drives the clip Off the rifle A Mauser Rifle and a Clip of Ammunition Ready to be In- 

 serted into the Magazine. The Clip Method of Loading is 

 Used in Most Military Weapons of Today. 



and it falls to the ground. The 



