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place our materiel on an equality with that of other Nations, and enable 
our artillery—strong in the power of an intense fire when required—to 
perform its grand function of sweeping away all opposition in front of 
it, and—as has been well said by a great gunner—of opening up, for 
the other arms, the Road to Victory. 
APPENDIX. 
Table A. 
The length of road occupied by each nature of Ammunition Column. 
Character of Vehicle 
Nature of Column 
Corps 
Divisional 
Cavalry Brigade 
Total 
Total 
Total 
No. 
Length, 
No. 
Length, 
No. 
Length, 
yds. 
yds. 
yds. 
6 horse at 19 yds. each 
24 
456 
25 
475 
9 
171 
4 ,, 15 ,, ,, ... ... 
6 
90 
3 
45 
1 
15 
2 „ 10 „ „ . 
2 
20 
10 
100 
8 
80 
Spare horses say ... 
24 
28 
16 
Add about 20 per cent, for tailing, say 
120 
132 
58 
Totals ... 
32 
710 
38 
780 
IS 
340 
Deduct length of vehicles carrying 
Infantry ammunition only 
60 
330 
70 
Balance—space taken up by Artillery 
ammunition only 
650 
450 
270 
Table B. 
Comparison of road space required for the Ammunition Columns of 
an Army Corps with present, and with a Q.F. Equipment. 
Nature of Column 
Present Equipment 
Q.F. Equipment 
No. 
Total length, 
No. 
Total length, 
Corps Ammunition Column at 710 yds. 
1 
yds. 
710 
1 
yds. 
710 
Divisional do., at 780 yds. 
3 
2340 
3 
2340 
Cavalry Brigade, at 340 yds. ... 
1 
340 
1 
340 
Additional light flying Columns, carrying 
550 rounds per Battery or 8,250 
rounds per A.C., packed in wagons 
each carrying 92 rounds—say 90 
wagons at 20 yds. each 
1800 
Total ... 
3390 
5190 
