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SHORT NOTES ON THE 13-PR. M.L. GUN, 
Okehampton, 30. 8. 79, 
Targets Employed, Infantry Formation. 
1st Line. —64 half-dummies in two ranks, covering 22 yds. front. 
2nd Line. —120 yds. in rear, 35 dummies in single rank. 
Range, 1880 yds.:— 
1st Line. 
2nd Line. 
2 shrapnel shell, percussion fuze. 
10 ,/ time fuze. 
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Results. 
1st Line. —34 dummies hit by 64 bullets. 
2nd Line. —17 a 34 „ 
Second series, same range :■ 
1st Line. 
5 12 shrapnel shell, time fuze. 
11 // percussion fuze. 
Results. 
1st Line. —16 dummies hit by 29 bullets. 
2nd Line. —10 « 13 „ 
Reductions. 
As a larger proportion of time fuzes was used in the first than in the second 
series, and the results in the former were far superior to those in the latter, it may 
safely be inferred that time fuzes are superior for infantry formation in the open. 
Okehampton, 1. 9. 79. 
The practice this day was at two targets, placed respectively at 3700 and 
3000 yds. Shrapnel, percussion, and time were used. To avoid describing it in 
detail, it may be stated that at 3700 yds. nearly the whole of the shells with per¬ 
cussion fuzes burst below the surface, and had no effect, and that a large proportion 
of those at 3000 yds. did the same. The effect of percussion fuzes was very small. 
Okehampton, 2. 9. 79. 
Targets Employed , Infantry Formation in the Open. 
1st Line .—112 half-dummies in two ranks, covering a front of 56 yds. 
2nd Line. —120 yds. in rear, 11 6 X 3 targets, covering a front of about 30 yds. 
3rd Line. —100 yds. in rear. The same. 
Object. —To contrast shrapnel, time, and percussion, 
Range, 2700 yds. 
19 shrapnel shell, percussion fuze. 
