John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 121

• March 29, 2017 23:09:14 Cheryl Ellsworth

  In Germany the converted field gun is a weak gun with

  a curved trajectory giving a comparatively small danger

  zone, accordingly the Germans use a small bullet (45 to

  the lb) in order to get as many as possible into the shell

  and increase the hits, while they endeavour to compensate

  for the small depth of ground covered, by firing at two

  or more elevations instead of one thus a German

  Battery having found the range as 3500 meters fires

  alternately at 3450, 3500, and 3550.

  
  

  Our own field guns gives a velocity and angle of descent

  immediate between those obtained with the French and

  German guns, and accordingly we use a bullet of (42

  to the lb), intermediate between the two.

  It is the business of the Battery Officer to suit his

  procedure to the pecularities [sic] of his gun, so as to

  produce the best effect, having found his range and

  fuze, he must adjust the length of fuze to suit the

  gun, ammunition and target

  Theoretically the best distance from the target at which

  to burst the shrapnel is that which affords one bullet,

  neither more or less for each man of the enemy. This distance

• March 29, 2017 15:31:53 Cheryl Ellsworth

  In Germany the converted field gun is a weak gun with

  a curved trajectory giving a comparatively small danger

  zone, accordingly the Germans use a small bullet (45 to

  the lb) in order to get as many as possible into the shell

  and increase the hits, while they endeavour to compensate

  for the small depth of ground covered, by firing at two

  or more elevations instead of one thus a German

  Battery having found the range as 3500 meters fires

  alternately at 3450, 3500, and 3550.

  
  

  Our own field guns gives a velocity and angle of descent

  immediate between those obtained with the French and

  German guns, and accordingly we use a bullet of (42

  to the lb), intermediate between the two.

  It is the business of the Battery Officer to suit his

  procedure to the pecularities [sic] of his gun, so as to

  produce the best effect, having found his range and

  fuze, he must adjust the length of fuze to suit the

  gun, ammunition and target

  Theoretically the best distance from the target at which

  to burst the shrapnel is that which affords one bullet,

  neither more or less for each man of the enemy. This distance

  
  

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