Aimed and Fired by Mechanism 



The machine gun is nearing the zenith of its perfecti 



xiic iiidiumc gun is nearing the zenith of its perfection. The coming weapon 

 will be mechanically aimed, controlled and fired from a distance so that the crew 

 may crouch in their dug-out, observe the foe through a periscope, and fire 

 without exposing anything but a nerveless, fleshless mechanism of steel 



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