OKEHAMPTON EXPERIMENTS. 
535 
16 -pr. R.M.L. Gun , 12 cwt., R.A. 
Nature of projectile. 
Number of dummies hit. 
Effective shell. 
Attacking 
line. 
Supports. 
Main body. 
Number. 
Hits per 
shell. 
Boxer-shrapnel, time fuze. 
37 
0 
0 
14 
2-64 
n percussion fuze ... 
14 
O 
O 
17 
0-82 
Water shell, » 
8 
0 
O 
11 
0*73 
Common shell, » 
9 
0 
O 
17 
0-53 
In these tables the order of merit is modified by taking the number of 
effective shells into consideration. The water shell in the table immediately 
above, which disabled 8 dummies with 11 effective shell, takes precedence 
of the common shell, which with 17 effective rounds disabled only 9. 
16. On the 13th August, a comparison between the four projectiles was 
afforded by deliberate practice at a range of 3000 yds. against Target No. 3. 
This consisted of a half-battalion of wooden dummies in company quarter 
column, with double interval between the files, two paces between the ranks, 
and six paces between the companies. 
The front of the column was 80 yds., and its depth 26 yds. The guns 
came into action on Moorgate Down, nearly on a level with the target, which 
was on the north slope of a hill called Yes Tor, the right flank of the ad¬ 
vancing column being higher than the left. 
The 9-pr. battery fired 18 rounds of each of the four natures of projectiles 
with the following result:— 
9-pr. R.M.L. Gun, Qcwt., R.LL.A. Range 3000 yds. 
Nature of projectile. 
Number of dummies hit. 
Effective shell. 
No. 1 
Comp. 
No. 2 
Comp. 
No. 3 
Comp. 
No. 4 
Comp. 
Total. 
No. 
Hits per 
shell. 
Boxer-shrapnel, time fuze. 
18 
23 
24 
7 
72 
17 
4-23 
a percussion fuze ... 
4 
9 
7 
2 
22 
16 
1*37 
Water shell, ■> 
8 
9 
18 
12 
47 
7 
6-71 
Common shell, n 
3 
6 
2 
4 
15 
7 
2-14 
The 16-pr. battery fired the same number of rounds, 18, of each nature 
of projectile, except of common shell, of which 24 rounds were fired. The 
following was the result:— 
1 R.M.L. Gun, 12 cwt., R.A. Range 3000 
Nature of projectile. 
Number of dummies hit. 
Effective shell. 
No. 1 
Comp. 
No. 2 
Comp. 
No. 3 
Comp. 
No. 4 
Comp. 
Total. 
No. 
Hits per 
shell. 
Boxer-shrapnel, time fuze. 
32 
22 
33 
22 
109 
17 
6*41 
n percussion fuze ... 
20 
23 
26 
15 
84 
18 
4-66 
Water shell, « 
7 
17 
15 
43 
82 
12 
6-83 
Common shell, n 
10 
13 
9 
14 
46 
12 
3-83 
