John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 118

• March 29, 2017 23:10:31 Cheryl Ellsworth

  Field Artillery Fire

       Three natures of fire are used in the

  field namely

       A = Gun Shrapnel Fire

       B = Howitzer Shrapnel Fire

       C = High Explosive Fire

  
  

  Note
  

       When the latter shell are not available "Percussion

  Shrapnel Fire" is used as a substitute

  
  

  Gun Shrapnel Fire
  

       The object of the designer of the gun

  and ammunition is to obtain a dense of shower of bullets

  flying forward as nearly parallel to the ground as possible

  in order to cover a great depth of ground The dangerous

  zone of each bullet is increase to the uttermost in order

  that if it just misses the head of a man at (a) it

  may still hit the foot of a man at (b) 50 yards behind

  him, and so on

  The advantage of a deep zone, at a fixed target, is

  to allow the gunner more latitude, for it will never be

  possible to find the range exactly, the trajections of the

• March 29, 2017 15:12:06 Cheryl Ellsworth

  Field Artillery Fire

       Three natures of fire are used in the

  field namely

       A = Gun Shrapnel Fire

       B = Howitzer Shrapnel Fire

       C = High Explosive Fire

  
  

  Note
  

       When the latter shell are not available "Percussion

  Shrapnel Fire" is used as a substitute

  
  

  Gun Shrapnel Fire
  

       The object of the designer of the gun

  and ammunition is to obtain a dense of shower of bullets

  flying forward as nearly parallel to the ground as possible

  in order to cover a great depth of ground The dangerous

  zone of each bullet is increase to the uttermost in order

  that if it just misses the head of a man at (a) it

  may still hit the foot of a man at (b) 50 yards behind

  him, and so on

  The advantage of a deep zone, at a fixed target, is

  to allow the gunner more latitude, for it will never be

  possible to find the range exactly, the trajections of the

  
  

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