POLICE IN BULLET-PROOF CARS PRACTICE SHOOTING TARGET (Jun, 1924)
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1924
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1924
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POLICE IN BULLET-PROOF CARS PRACTICE SHOOTING TARGET
To perfect their marksmanship, the Philadelphia patrolmen assigned to duty with a fleet of fast, bullet-proof automobiles, have been practicing shooting at a target while the cars are in motion. The machines have been assigned to patrol duty as a precaution against criminals who also employ high-powered machines.
Just think, they were screaming along at 40 to 45mph in those cars and if they had thought to carry along a cameraman from Pathe they could have produced an early “COPS: the Newsreel”.
Oh wait, Mack Sennett was already doing that!
Comment by Neil Russell — December 16, 2007 @ 8:47 am
Bulletproof softtop?
Comment by nlpnt — December 16, 2007 @ 7:02 pm
the top must have been made of a primitive version of Kevlar
Comment by Stannous — December 16, 2007 @ 9:06 pm
probably not in 1924
Comment by Firebrand38 — December 18, 2007 @ 8:13 pm
What’s the top speed of an armored Model T anyway?
Comment by Robert — February 4, 2008 @ 12:37 pm