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paration of the ammunition ; but, once more, all will have to take a 
somewhat increased share of work. I think it must be admitted how¬ 
ever that additional efforts would, as far as we can foresee, be richly 
repaid by great results. 
II.— Present Q.F. Field Equipments. 
In discussing our subject it will be of use to see what has already been what has 
done by various manufacturers in the production of Q.F. field equip- done. dy b ' 
ments. The subjoined tables—deduced from some published in the 
“Revue d’ Artillerie ” for September, 1897—in which the equipments 
are arranged in order of mobility as given by the weights behind the 
teams, will show in a condensed form the chief particulars of some of 
those produced by the best known firms at home and abroad. To each 
table is added, for comparison, the same information concerning the 
corresponding “ simple ” gun in our own service. 
