Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1926, Page 12

ARNY AN FAVE BADLY SYATTERED Drggbnish Offspring of War, Wheli'Tested, Develops Un ~expected Weaknesses. The tank, dragonish oftspring of the: World War, showed unexpected wedknesses in tests conducted by the Army Tank Board at Camp Meade Friday and yesterday. These tests proved that a single doughboy, operating a Stokes mortar, could put one of these mobile forts out of commission if he had the nerve to stand his ground iwhile the fear- some-looking machine came within his range. B The experiments yesterday ‘were conducted on British Mark 5 tanks which had seen actual service in the World War, and which had been towed into a terrain at Camp Meade which was reminiscent of the actual battle front. It was the artillery im- pact area, full of shell holes and with occasional duds lying around. Havoc Surprises Office The result of the tests, it was stated, is bound to have considerable effect on the future construction of American tanks. Some of the havoc of the explosives surprised the officers in _charge of the tests. The experiments were conducted by the Tank Board in co-operation with the Army Engineers and Ordnance Department to determine the, min- imum charge which would put a tank out of commission— iat it could no longer be operate on the battle. field, could not be repafred by its own crew or by a mo ir unit, and could be sa iy by towed to ordnanc: S lines. The tests were in ch Douglas Green and Licut. V. of the Tank Board. partment observers were Maj. B. D. Lewis, Maj. J. B. Rose, Maj. C. H. mpbell and Capt. B. R. Olmstead. gineer observers were Capts. Ball ind Luple. Maj. Gen. Robert Allen, chief of Infantry, also obs:rved some of the tests. Result of First Test In the first tes: was placca unde Stokes mortar shell The conditions were a had run over both of t found that 13 would have blew up the dirt a little. Mortar beit track very slightly but not enough to put it out of com- mission. In the second test the Stokes mor- tar shell was exploded on the roof of 1d a qua ter-inch_thick ct was pected from t n but when the smoke had cleared away the offi- cers found that a hole had been made in the roof about 5 feet long and 2 feet wide. The interior had been spat- tered v fragments some of them thrown with such force that they were buried in the ivalls. The fa that cools the exhaust manifold was broken, but otherwise the machine was not injured. Death-Dealing Blast. It would have been possible to have proceeded with the tank under its own power if there had been anybody Yeft alive to op But the t showed that e i sp: gbout 6 feet wid would certainly hav ing both of the gunne; that artillery hits are not e with this type of tank but th fantryman could combat tl it they could hold their ground they came within Sto 5 mortar range. In the third test a taining about six t of explosive in the tar shell, was exploded track. This blast tore off about 6 foet of the track, sheered off a num- ber of bolts and pushed the floor up very slightly. It would completely have disabled the machine in battle since it would have been impossible for the crew to have large an extent of the track, tleularly under fire. Hole Blown in Floor. In the fourth test a 6dnch shell was exploded under the belly of the tank. This blew a big hole in the floor and completely destroyed the motor. body inside would have been killed, either by the fragments or by the poisonous fumes penetrating terior. - For the fifth test 30 pounds of tri- ton, a high explosive slightly less powerful than TNT and safer to handle, was exploded under one of the tracl The demolishment was complete. It was shown that a tank passing over such a mine on the battlefield would have been beyond repair. upward about 6 inches. About 12 feet of the track was torn away. The e of Maj. 5 shell and a > other. inch shell, con- the amount or Stokes mor- under one par- not seriously injured, but | smission was completely de- stroyed. After this test the opinion that any high-explostve shell, more than a l-pounder, properly placed, would put a tank out of commission for the time being, aking it necessary to haul the mon- Bter back to ordance repair shops KAHN on 7th St. Established 31 Years being | G. Allen | Ordnance De- | repaired so | Without much doubt any- | The entire floor was bulged ||' officers expressed | Upper: A hole torn in the top of |tank by a stokes motor shell. Every- | body inside, probably, would have | been Kkille | Lower: A charge of triton exploded | under one track of a British Mark-5 | tractor. | S | before it could be put in commission n. The next test was with 15 pounds This tore |off two track rollers, sprung the floor |badly, but did not go through, and | tore off the track guides. The turret | door was blown off. This was suffi- cient to have disabled the tank, al- | though the persnnel might have | escaped. | In the seventh test 30 pounds of | TNT was placed 2 feet to one !side of the tank. The idea was to | see if, in case such an explosion hap- | pened in action, the tank would not fall into the big crater opened along- ide it and be unable to extricate itself. The machine only rocked a | of triton under one track. " |little and could have proceeded with- | out any celay. Further tests are planned to de- [termine the effect of charges of var rious sizes exploded near the tank, |but not in direct contact with it. PRESIDENT TYLER'S GRANDDAUGHTER WED Miss Mary Lyon Tyler Bride of George Peterkin Gamble at Virginia Home Ceremony. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | RICHMOND, Va., September 25.— J)li Mary Lyon Tyler and George | Peterkin Gamble were married this evening at Herwood Forest, the home of the bride’s parents, in Charles | City County. The bride is a_daughter of Judge David Gardiner Tyler and a grand- daughter of President John Tyler. She entered the spacious parlors on the arm of her father, by whom she was given away. She wore a bridal crown of white satin and point lace, which had long been in the family, made with long princess lines, Her only attendant was her sister, Mrs. Stephen Fowler Chadwick of, Seattle, attired in vellow chiffon and Autum: nal flowers. Rev. Cary Gamble, father of the bridegroom, performed the cere- nony. _Cary Gamble, jr., was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Gamble left for a trip south, and will make their home in Galveston, Tex., until the end of the year. The home of Judge Tyler was glorfous in its display of Autumn flowers, box and magnolia and yards presenting a beautiful appearance. Luncheon preceded the cermony, at which the members of the two fam- | ilies_were entertained. the in-| | Calvert St. Bet. 18th & 19thN.W. 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