SHRAPNEL PUZES AT OEEHAMPTON, 
525 
The “ targets ■which are numbered—are described in pp. 43 to 48 
of the Report. 
The pages of the Report referring to each experiment are shown in 
italics;— 
A, 
16-^r. M.L. 
Target 
No. 
Range, 
yds. 
Date. 
Time shrapnel. 
Perc n . shrapnel. 
Water shell. 
No. of 
rounds. 
Effects. 
No. of 
rounds. 
Effects. 
No. of 
rounds. 
Effects. 
10 
1500 
9 8 
18 
57 
18 
21 
18 
19 
(56) 
(56) 
(56) 
10 
2100 
11 8 
18 
37 
18 
14 
18 
8 
(57) 
(57) 
(57) 
3 
2950 
13 8 
18 
109 
18 
84 
18 
82 
m 
m 
(60) 
Total . 
64 
203 
64 
119 
64 
109 
Effects per round. 
3*72 
— 
2*20 
— 
2-00 
Table B shows trials in which the firing was not deliberate. The 
time occupied in each case is noted. The range was known 
B. 
16 -pr. M.L. 
Target 
No. 
Range, 
yds. 
Date. 
Time shrapnel. 
Perc 
“. shrapnel. 
Water shell. 
No. of 
rounds. 
Effects. 
Time, 
mins. 
No. of 
rounds. 
J Effects. 
Time, 
mins. 
No. of 
rounds. 
Effects. | 
Time, 
mins. 
5 
1500 
21 8 
8 
76 j 
2 
8 
4 
3 
! 8 
44 
5 
(8 $ 81) 
(8 $ 81) 
\(8 $81) 
6 
2030 
23 8 
12 
6* 
5 
12 
3 
7 
12 
2 
n 
(9 $ 82) 
(9 $ 82) 
(9 $ 82) 
9 
1950 
26 8 
36 
50 
6 
36 
37 
in 
35 
31 
14 
30 8 > 
m 
(85) 
(85) 
4 
i 2000 \ 
1 Q l 
36 
182 
10 
36 
131 
5 
36 
186 
9 
\ 1 
I 9) 
(70) 
(77) 
(77) 
Total .. 
92 
314 
— 
92 
175 
i 
91 
263 
— 
Effects per round. 
3*41 
1 _ 
— 
1-90 
— 
— 
2-89 
— 
* In addition, “ wheels of carriage much injured; many grazes of bullet on gun and carriage; pit full of 
shell fragments.” 
