SWITZERLAND. 1!)9 



given the followiiii^ practice, to see if they liave kept up their 

 training : 



1. Single shots, 400 meters, Target C, prone, 8 cartridges. 



'2. Magazine fire, 300 meters, Target C, kneeling, 8 cart- 

 ridges in the magazine, time forty seconds ; also GO cartridges 

 for collective firing under the company commanders. 



The same allowance is made for the landwehr, except that 

 only 30 cartridges are allowed for collective firing. 



MARKING AND SCORING. 



For marking, two disks are used, preferably of sheet iron, 

 of 40-centimeter diameter for the longer ranges, and 30 

 centimeters for 200 and 300 meters. They are painted the 

 same color as the pasters, that is : 



Red with white band-- 4)„ .- , , .^ 



„T., •. « f On one side red, white on the otlier. 



White 3) 



T-,, , " . • Orange on one side, black on the other. 



Black 1) 



The disk is placed with the center over the hole made by 

 the bullet and held there a few seconds ; a miss is marked by 

 balancing the disk in the hand. The law provides very 

 severe penalties for false marking or false scoring, and great 

 care is taken to prevent errors. 



MARKING. 



Target A (fig. 1) : Points. 



Interior circle, 40 centimeters in diameter- ._ 4 



Exterior circle of black, 60 centimeters in diameter 3 



Interior circle white, 100 centimeters in diameter 2 



Exterior circle white, 150 centimeters in diameter 2 



Other parts of the target 



Target B (fig. 2): 



Hit in figure 3 



Interior circle, 70 centimeters in diameter 2 



Exterior circle, 100 centimeters in diameter 1 



Other parts of the target 



Target C (fig. 3): 



Band containing figures, 50 centimeters wide 2 



Band next below figures, 50 centimeters wide --- 1 



Upper and lower bands 



Target D (fig. 4) : 



Band containing figures, 100 centimeters wide- 2 



Lower band, 60 centimeters wide 1 



Upper band 



On the other targets, known as field targets, each hit 

 counts 2 points. They are made of wood, painted a neutral 



