T-A-BIjEI OB SERVICE 
Name of fuze. 
Length of 
composition, 
inches. 
Time of 
burning, 
seconds. 
Shells used with. 
Gauge of fuze-hole. 
Other natures that the fuze can be 
used with on an emergency. 
Approximate rules for 
obtaining length of fuze 
in £ seconds for a given 
1 
Remarks. 
M.L.E. C 
IRDNANCE. 
5 seconds M.L.O. 
f 2 
\ Mealed powder 
X 5 
) 
Shrapnel for M.L.E. field guns. 
General service. 
C All shells for M.L.R.O. and S.B. naval 
< shell, when time of flight does not 
(. exceed 6 seconds. 
1 Divide range by 2,* and 
j if over 1000 add 1. 
| Painted red. 
10 
All shells for M.L.E.O. 
do. 
_ 
Divide range by 2, # and 
20 
Do., except shrapnel. 
do. 
add— 
• Up tc 
1000 
> 1000 . 1 
to 2000 ... 2 
'.These fuzes, when issued for field or boat service, 
[ have increased priming round the head. 
' 
2000 
to 3000 ... 3 
J 
Pettman’s general service. 
Percussion. 
Do., except shrapnel. 
do. 
- 
B.L.E. ORDNANCE. 
5 seconds B.L.E.O. 
( 2 
X Mealed powder. 
} 6 
Shrapnel for 12 and 9-pr. 
General service. 
f All shells for B.L.R.O. or M.L.R.O., 
< when time of flight does not exceed 
(, 5 seconds. 
/ Divide range by 2* and 
j if over 1000 add 1. 
| Painted red. 
fCommon, segment, or shrap- 
J ncl for 7-inch, 64 and 
) 40-pr.; common for 20-pr. 
t S.S. 
C 7-inch, 64 and 40-pr. coin- 
< mon, and 20-pr. S.S. 
(. common. 
L do. 
f Shrapnel for 12 and 9-pr. and all shells 
Divide range by 2, # and 
20 n n 
4 
20 
J 
j do. 
l for M.L.R.O. 
Do., except shrapnel. 
> UpU 
1000 
2000 
) 1000 . 1 
to 2000 ... 2 
to 3000 ... 3 
3 
Pettman’s general service. 
Percussion. 
4; 
do. 
do. 
- 
| - 
“C” 
do. 
( Common or segment for 20, 
X 12, 9, and 6-pr. 
> Field service. 
P 
) 
S.B. ORDNANCE. 
Time, diaphragm, shrapnel ... 
i 
5 
All diaphragm. 
Common. 
(Any S.B. common shell, if time of 
| flight does not exceed 5 seconds. 
■) Subtra< 
j rang< 
:l 6 from the 
__ w 
2 
10 
All S.B. common. § 
Naval. 
do. 
C Subtrac 
it 5 from the 
9 seconds M.L.O. 
2 
10 
General service. 
_ 
( i'ang< 
do. 
20 n i, . 
4 
20 
do. 
do. 
(24' and 12-pr. common shells, when 
< fired from bronze mortars and time 
} 
do. 
C of flight exceeds 10 seconds. 
Mortar We 
6 
30 
C13, 10, and 8-inch mortar 
X shells. 
| Mortar. 
Add 
17 to range.* 
For ranges below 750 yds., double the range plus 10. 
n small £ . 
3 
15 
f 24 and 12-pr. common, when 
fired from 6£ and 4§-inch 
mortars, at times of flight 
j over 7 seconds with 6£, 
L and 10 seconds with 4|-inch. 
^ Common. 
Any S.B. common shell. 
Add 
14 to range.* 
Pettman’s land service . 
Percussion. 
- 
(All S.B. shells having a x on 
\ the plug. 
} do. 
- 
- 
ii general service. 
do. 
- 
Naval. 
General service. 
- 
- 
* In hundreds of yards in each case. These rules are not in every case suitable for very short ranges. 
f The numbers on all fuzes, excepting mortar fuzes, denote £ seconds; in the mortar fuzes, if the figures be multiplied by 10 the same remark will apply, 
t This fuze must be packed when used with the 4|-inch shell. 
§ Including 24 and 12-pr. common shells, when fired from the bronze mortars and the time of flight does not exceed 10 seconds. 
N.B.—All the rifled ordnance time fuzes can he used as percussion, against earthworks, ships, $c. It should he remembered that "common” and "naval” shell, for S.B. ordnance, are distinct projectiles* 
