THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION, 
453 
3rd Experiment. 4th Experiment. 
Small 
Gatling. 
| Mitrailleur. 
12-pr. B.L. 
9-pr. M.L. 
Small 
Gatling. 
Mitrailleur. 
12-pr. 
B.L. 
9-pr. M.L. 
lbs. 
hits. 
lbs. 
hits. 
lbs. 
hits. 
lbs. 
hits 
lbs. 
hits. 
lbs. 
hits. 
lbs. 
hits. 
lbs. 
hits. 
28 
204 
50 
201 
132 
251 
108 
191 
39 
312 
45 
122 
67*5 
29 
63 
74 
'47 
104 
37 
68 
144 
326 
117 
248 
03 
162 
55 
83 
67*5 
82 
53 
34 
63 
177 
55 
9 
67*5 
39 
53 
47 
75 
308 
87 
269 
276 
577 
225 
439 ( 
, 165 
651 
145 
214 
202*5 ! 
140 
159 
155 
Comparison of Total Effects v. Weight of Ammunition expended , at ranges 
under 1400 yds. (Vide No. 1 and 2 Experiments). 
The small Gatling gun, weighing 3 cwt., expended 492 lbs. of ammn. 
„ Montigny mitrailleur u 3 « 472 „ 
n 12-pr. B.L. n 8 n 1232*5 n 
a 9-pr. M.L. n 8 a 1013 « 
and scored 2803 hits. 
// 1708 „ 
» 2286 a 
n 2207 « 
Comparison of Field Guns (12-pr. and 9-pr.) with the large and medium 
Gatling Guns, at ranges exceeding 1400 yds.; showing the weight of 
Ammunition expended . (See No. 3 Experiment). 
The large Gatling gun, weighing 6 cwt., expended 298 lbs. of ammn. and scored 111 hits. 
n medium « « 5 „ 241 « „ 209 „ 
n 12-pr. B.L. gun « 8 „ 312 „ „ 258 „ 
,i 9-pr. M.L. a n 8 i, 225 « „ 219 « 
Note.— The practice of the guns on this occasion was unusually had, and the experimental segment shell 
of the 9-pr. M.L. most imperfect. 
.Tune, 1874. 
