SWEDEN. 



18^ 



AVhen circumstances permit, these firings are conducted 

 during the repetition exercises, except the prize shooting, and 

 this should be completed before October 1. 



The ammunition allotted for the year's shooting is divided 

 among the companies by the chief of the corps, after reserv- 

 ing what is required for recruits and prize shooting. It is so 

 distributed that the companies may as far as practicable re- 

 ceive like instruction in shooting. As it is impossible in one 

 year to go through all the necessary exercises, it is necessary 

 to follow a program laid out for several years in succession. 



The shooting is conducted in a manner similar to that of 

 field artillery. 



Field Shooting. — Field shooting, like that for field artil- 

 lery, should be based upon some tactical supposition, but as 



Fig. 55. 



it is usually impossible to vary the ground very much, the 

 changes are generally made in the character and movements 

 of the targets. If practicable the same targets should some- 

 times be fired upon simultaneously by two widely separated 

 batteries directed by the same ofiicer. 



Prize Shooting is practiced annually with an 8-centimeter 

 gun at the time specified by the chief of the corps. Each gun 

 fires 8 shells against a target set up at a distance of 600 meters. 

 The target is 3.2 meters square with a bull's-eye 40 centi- 

 meters in diameter, and circles 80, 130, 160, 200, 240, 280, and 

 320 centimeters in diameter. 



Hits in the bull's-eye count 8 ; inside of the first circle 7, 

 etc. The time between the fourth and eighth shot should not 

 exceed five minutes. 



