John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 127

• March 30, 2017 00:59:07 Cheryl Ellsworth

  The French, have alway  [sic]  been advocates of the far reaching

  shrapnel

  The Japanese, after the war, have adopted a heavy shrapnel

  bullet (36 to lb) and a field gun giving the highest velocity

  compatible with moderate weight

  
  

  The shrapnel fire of the heavy guns is especially effective

  not only owing to the large number of bullets in the powerful
  

  shell, but owing to its flat trajectory and high remaining

  velocity, which renders the bullets effect at a ¼ of a mile

  from the point of burst.

  
  

  Field howitzers, when used as guns at low angles of

  elevation produce good shrapnel effect a medium

  range, since each shell contains some 600 heavy bullets

  The depth of effect is about half that of a field gun

  
  

  N.B
  

  The undermentioned is the weights of shrapnel

  bullets of different nations; England    41 to lb

                                                    Germany  45  "  lb

                                                    France      38  "   lb

                                                     Japan       36  "   lb

  P.T.O

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