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RUSSIAN ARTILLERY JOURNAL. 
vertically into 50 spaces, each 60 cm broad, and on each were drawn 
three horizontal lines at *9 metre (height of a man kneeling), 1*8 metres 
(height of a man standing), and 2*7 metres (height of a man mounted), 
from the ground. The following are the data of the shrapnel fired :— 
length in calibres, 3*4 ; weight of filled shrapnel, 4*1 kilogr.; weight 
of powder (service) charge, 4 kilogr.; weight of bursting-charge, *035 
kilogr. of rifle powder. 
Ten rounds were fired under the following conditions :—Range, 1000 
metres; fuze set at 24 “divisions,” so as to burst the shell 31 metres 
short and 3 above plane. The results of the first shell are shown in 
the following table :— 
Target. 
No. of hits 
penetrating 
target. 
No. of hits 
not 
penetrating 
target. 
Total. 
No . of 
vertical 
spaces 
struck. 
1 st Horizontal Band ... 
29 
2 
; 
I 
(Lowest.) 
! 
1st Target « 
2nd Horizontal Band... 
(Middle.) 
17 
2 
> 68 
13 
3rd Horizontal Band ... 
s. (Upper.) 
17 
1 
| 
f 1st Horizontal Band ... 
18 
0 
> 
2nd Target« 
2 nd „ „ 
22 
6 
i 
> 60 
21 
l 3rd „ „ ... 
15 
0 
( 
) 
| 
r ist „ » ... 
10 
1 
) 
3rd Target < 
2 nd n tt 
11 
0 
i 
l 32 
21 
l 3rd „ b ... 
8 
2 
> 
Totals . 
147 
13 
160 
65 
The following were the results of the other nine rounds :— 
Target. 
No. of hits 
penetrating 
target. 
No. of hits 
not 
penetrating 
target. 
Total. 
No. of 
vertical 
spaces 
struck. 
| 
f 1st Horizontal Band ... 
127 
9 
1st Target « 
2 nd „ 
// 
104 
8 
f. 358 
169 
1 
L 3rd 
" - 
103 
7 
) 
1 
r ist » 
93 
8 
-) 
2nd Target - 
| 2nd n 
„ 
88 
28 
£• 329 
170 
1 
L 3rd 
ir 
95 
17 
3 
| 
r ist 
61 
21 
■) 
3rd Target < 
2 nd ,i 
tt 
70 
20 
5- 255 
172 
'< 
1 3rd 
tt ... 
63 
20 
3 
Totals . 
804 
138 
942 
511 
Average number of hits per round, 104; average number of vertical 
spaces struck, 56. 
The shells were provided with Krupp’s “Distance Fuzes,” which 
acted remarkably well. 
