OKEHAMPTON EXPERIMENTS. 
537 
9 -pr. R.M.L. Gun , bcwt., R.H.A. Range 1455 yds. 
Number of 
Effective shell. 
Nature of projectile. 
dummies 
disabled. 
Number. 
Hits per 
shell. 
6 rounds common shell and 6 rounds 
14 
8 
1-75 
water shell; percussion fuze. 
(Trench struck also 
■ 
in two places). 
6 rounds Boxer-shrapnel with time fuze, 
10 
12 
0*83 
and 6 rounds Boxer-shrapnel with 
percussion fuze. 
21. An experiment—to be alluded to hereafter under class III.—was 
carried out on the 26th August, and afforded a comparison between the effects 
of water shell with percussion fuze and Boxer-shrapnel, both with time fuze 
and with percussion fuze—the target being half a battalion of dummies, in 
attacking order, the first line consisting of 103 kneeling in very open order 
and taking advantage of every cover, many of them being quite concealed 
behind rocks, and the second and third lines lying down, and being at about 
50 yds. distance from one another. -The-sanie distance existed between the 
first and second lines. The result was as-follows ;— 
1 6-jpr. RM.L.[ Gun, 12 cwt. 3 R.A. Range 1950 yds. 
No. of 
rounds 
Nature of projectile. 
_ Numher^of'dummies hit. 
f{ 1 RNT Vs - 
Effective shell. 
1st line. 
2nd line. 
3rd line. 
Number. 
Hits per 
shell. 
36 
Boxer-shrapnel, percussion fuze ... 
35 
1 
1 
36 
1-03 
35 
Water shell, percussion fuze. 
30 
0 
1 
25 
1*24 
36 
Boxer-shrapnel, time fuze .. 
44 
5 
1 
36* 
1-39 
* Including some shell which burst on plane. 
22. On the 30th August and 1st September, practice was carried on to 
ascertain the comparative effect of a considerable number of shrapnel shells 
with time fuzes, and the same with percussion fuzes, and water shells, fired 
rapidly. The target (No. 4) represented a regiment of cavalry in quarter- 
distance column of squadrons. The following was the result *— 
1 &-pr. R.M.L. Gun , 12 cwt., R.A. Range 2000 yds. 
No. of 
rounds. 
Nature of projectile. 
No. of hits. 
No. of 
troopers 
disabled. 
Effective shell. 
Number. 
Hits per 
shell. 
36 
Boxer-shrapnel, time fuze. 
1512 
182 
29 
52-14 
36 
n percussion fuze ... 
1574 
131 
36 
43-72 
36 
Water shell, « 
3892 
186 
33 
117-94 
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