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PRECIS 
AND 
TRANSLATIONS. 
“ REYUE D’ARTILLERIE.” 
THE FIELD GHH OF THE FUTUEE. 
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF GENERAL WILLE’S 
RECENT WORK. 
BY 
GASTON MOCH, Capitaine cVartillerie . 
/ 
PRECIS BY 
Lie,ut.-Colonel F. E. B. Loraine, late B.A. 
{Continued from No. 9, Vol. XIX.) 
The ammunition of the “ Gun of the Future ” is to be made up in cartridges 
like those of quick-firers. Captain Moch points out the special advantage of 
this plan to Krupp whose system of obturation is defective, on the other hand he 
exposes the disadvantage of increased cost and weight. The cost of metal 
cartridges is as we know considerable. Their weight is as given in the following 
table :— 
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