637 
EXTRACTS 
FROM THE 
“RUSSIAN ARTILLERY JOURNAL,” 
NOVEMBER, 1880, 
TRANSLATED BY 
LIEUT. J. M. GRIERSON, R.A. 
RUSSIA.— New Rules for Competitive Practice. 
The range is to be 300 sagenes (a sagene , = seven feet), instead of an 
unknown distance between 450 and 650 sagenes , as formerly. In the 
centre of the target is to be painted a bull's-eye 20 inches in diameter, 
surrounded by 6 concentric circles, each increasing in radius by 10 
inches. Five rounds of plugged shell are allowed to each competitor, 
the first being a trial shot. A hit within the bull's-eye counts 7, one 
within each of the above circles from 6 to 1 according to its distance 
from the centre. No limit of time seems to be laid down, nor is 
shrapnel fired. The above regulations are almost identical with those 
in use in the German Army. 
HOLLAND.— New 7-5 cm (3-in.) Gun. 
In 1879, Krupp turned out for the Dutch Government a new gun of 
the above calibre, destined for East Indian service. This gun differs 
from his other 7'5 cm pieces by its greater lightness and its efficacy, 
which does not yield to that of any other gun in Europe firing the 
same weight of projectile. The following data will serve to compare 
it with the Austrian 7’5 cm gun 
7’5 cm Gun. 
Dutch. 
Austrian. 
Weight of shell ... 
kilog. 
4-3 
4*3 
Initial velocity ... 
metr. 
420 
422 
Weight of gun ... 
kilog. 
235 
299 
Weight of gun and carriage, fully packed 
a 
515 
766 
Weight of gun, carriage, and limber, fully ) 
packed ... ... ... ... j 
a 
975 
... 1533 
Number of horses 
4 
4 
Weight per horse 
n 
244 
259* 
Number of rounds in limber 
27 
40 
Practice with Krupp's Screw Mountain Gun. 
Trials have lately been carried on at Meppen with forged iron 
shrapnel from Krupp's new screw 6*5 cm (2’6-in.) mountain gun. The 
targets were three in number, 2*7 metres high, and 30 metres long; 
placed 15 metres behind one another. Each target was divided 
* This is the figure given in the “Journal! 
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