SHORT NOTES ON PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS. 
113 
Average hits per round for total practice against ' targets , deducting the 
rounds that failed to act from faulty ammunition , such as Hind and 
premature fuzes, fuzes that blew, and shells that broke on graze. 
xh‘ 
w 
3 , g 
o 2 
Mi 
1| 
1 Remain- 
1 ing. 
j Total 
hits. 
j Per 
| round. 
Shrapnel with wood time and percussion . 
619 
74 
545 6687 
12-2 
Segment with time and percussion and percussion only 
771 
214 
557,8876 
15-9 
Shrapnel, wood time. 
595 
69 
526 6126 
11-6 
Segment, time and percussion . 
456 
126 
330 3489 
10-5 
Segment, percussion only ... 
315 
88 
227.5387 
23-7 
Shrapnel, percussion ..... 
24 
5 
19 557 
29'3 
3. Field Entrenchments. 
The experiments gave the following results 
1. The advantage on the whole, appears to be with segment shell and percussion fuze. 
2. Iii the attack of gun-pits, shrapnel with wood time fuze, was slightly superior to segment with time and 
percussion fuzes, in causing casualties among the detachment. Shells with percussion fuzes are best adapted 
for the attack of this kind of held entrenchment. 
3. The existing 12-pr, and 9-pr. common shells have little value for use against earthworks. 
Classification of projectiles taking — 
HITS PER EFFECTIVE ROUND. AVERAGE HITS PER ROUND FIRED. 
1 
Segment. 
Percussion. 
2 
Shrapnel. 
Time. 
3 
1 Common. 
| Wood time. 
4 
Segment. 
Time and 
percussion. 
5 
Common. 
Percussion. 
6 
Shrapnel. 
Percussion. 
0-68 
0-58 
0-41 
0’33 
0-3 
0-28 
1 
Segment. 
Percussion. 
2 
Common. 
Percussion. 
i 3 
Shrapnel. 
1 Percussion. 
4 
| Common. 
| Time. 
1 5 
| Shrapnel. 
| Time. 
6 
Segment. 
Time and 
percussion. 
3-0. 
2-0. 
2-0 
1-0 
0'73 
0-57 
4. Trials or Fuzes. 
table shading the total number of service fuzes fired , and those that 
were blind, blew , or were premature. 
Fired. 
Blind. 
Pre¬ 
mature. 
Blew. 
E time . 
30 
l 
4 
_ 
F time . 
30 
— 
_ —. 
1 
E time and C.F.S. (Freeth) ... 
285 
18 
33 
3 
F time and C.F.S. (Freeth) ... 
175 
9 
28 
■ — 
C.F.S. (Freeth) . 
389 
45 
32 
Boxer’s wood time .... 
689 
74 s 
It 
12 
* Including the 4 fired at the bags, 
t Due, most probably, to being improperly bored. 
