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EFFECT OF SHELL ON MUD WALLS. 
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Report of Experimental Practice carried on at the Walls of Old Kandahar by 
“ H” Battery, 1st Brigade , Royal Artillery , on the 8th April, 1881, by 
orders of Brig.-General Denis-de-Vitre, Commanding Artillery , S. A, F. 
Force. 
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fcuo 
Hi 
o 
Plugged 
shell. 
! Percussion fuze. 
Puzed shell. 
Time fuze. 
Shell 
filled with 
sand. 
S3 
o3 
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Cm 
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Burst. 
Doubt¬ 
ful. 
Blind. 
2" 
3" 
4" 
S3 
CD 
M p, 
2 pT 
pq 
Not 
broken up. 
Kemarks. 
yds. 
395 
6 
6 
These shell penetrated to an average 
„ 
30 
24 
2 
4 
depth of 3ft., width of crater 4ins.; 
they all broke up. 
Plugged shell penetrated at the beginning 
II 
4 
4 
2 ft., and then burst, causing a crater 
of 9 to 12 ins., the six rounds from 
13 to 18 penetrated 8 ft., with a crater 
of 3 ft.; the next six rounds pene¬ 
trated 4 ft., with a crater 1ft.; the 
next six rounds penetrated 4 ft., with 
a crater of 2 ft.; the last six rounds 
penetrated too deep for measurement, 
the crater formed was 8 ft. from top of 
the wall; large part of lower wall 
knocked away; safety-pin withdrawn. 
II 
2 
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— 
2 
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— 
— 
— 
Safety-pin not withdrawn, crater too deep 
u 
6 
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_ 
6 
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for measurement. 
Safety-pin not withdrawn, penetration 
II 
6 
_ 
6 
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_ 
too deep for measurement. Salvo. 
Safety-pin not withdrawn, top piece of 
II 
6 
_ 
6 
_ 
_ 
wall fallen in. Salvo. 
Safety-pin not withdrawn, penetration 
7 
7 
„ 
8 ft., diameter of crater about 2 ft. 
1st and 2nd of these rounds caused a 
1 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
crater SO" x 6". 
No apparent result. 
n 
4 
— 
_ 
_ 
_ 
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_ 
4 
— 
— 
Salvo. Earth from top fell in. 
II 
6 
— 
_ 
— 
— 
_ 
6 
— 
— 
Wall not specially observed. Salvo. 
II 
6 
— 
— 
— 
— 
_ 
_ 
6 
— 
— 
Salvo. Large quantities of top wall fell 
6 
6 
away; breaching commenced higher 
up. 
Salvo. Quantity of earth fell from front, 
6 
6 
and some from rear of the wall. 
Salvo. Wall pierced. 
II 
6 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
6 
_ 
_ 
— 
Salvo. One shell went through and 
II 
6 
6 
burst beyond the wall. 
Salvo. Earth fell in masses on near side 
II 
6 
6 
of wall. 
Salvo. Three more shell went through 
II 
6 
6 
the wall blind. 
The 115th round went through blind, the 
II 
6 
6 
118th went through forming a large 
breach. 
Salvo. Breach enlarged, one shell went 
6 
6 
_ 
through and burst. 
Breach very much enlarged, and earth 
4 
4 
cleared away on right of breach. 
Breach cut away on left, measurement 
of breach, width 15' 9" 1 , height 6' 6". 
136 
24 
2 
4 
24 
7 
47 
22 
6 
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