42 
COMPARATIVE TRIAL OP STEEL-BODIED SHRAPNEL. 
Targets 9 feet x 9 feet x 2 inches; 12 targets in each of 2 rows ; 
rows 50 yards apart. 
Distance 
of burst 
from 1st 
! 
Total disabled on 
Nature 
of shell. 
Range 
to 1st 
Number 
of 
Total 
hits.§ 
Hits per 
round. 
1st row. 
Remarks. 
row. 
rounds. 
row. 
Cavalry. 
Infantry 
Yards. 
Yards. 
E.2 ... 
1500 
7 
100 
662 
94*6 
219 
217 
1 
R.L.s... 
« 
7 
| 
603 
'72 
146 
163 
1 
1 
{ Shells burst on 2" 
wooden screen 100 
E.2 ... 
2000 
4 
II 
369 
92-2 
126 
142 
t 
| 
j yards from 1st 
row of targets. 
R.L. 5 ... 
n 
4 
II 
299 
76 
94 
96 
J 
1 
E.2 ... 
„ 
7 { 
Varied from 
16 to 75 yds. 
| 634 
90-6 
97 
126 
] 
R.L.s... 
» 
M 
from 16 to 
84. 
j 181 
26 
36 
36 
! 
i 
1 
| 
E.2 ... 
2500 
6 
26 to 60. 
409 
82 
76 
88 
l 
1 
1 
! 
R.L.s... 
n 
6 
26 to 63. 
66 
11-2 
21 
18 
1 
J 
| 
| Shells burst on 
► graze in front of 
E.2 .. 
3000 
6 
IT 
248 
49 
■ 66* 
69* 
1st row. 
R.L.s... 
II 
6 
t 
112 
22*4 
38* 
36* 
E.2 ... 
3600 
9 
(/ II 
226 
26 
46* 
46* 
R.L.s... 
n 
7 
X 
199 
28-4 
29* 
31* 
J 
* When shells passed over 1st row the number disabled on 2nd row are given. 
§ Not counting strikes. 
If Varied from 63 short of 1st row to 26 short of 2nd row. 
f Varied from 87 short of 1st row to 13 short of 2nd row. 
|| Varied from 100 yards short of 1st row to 13 yards from 2nd row. 
J Varied from 90 yards short of 1st row to 22 yards from 2nd row. 
