Musketry (.303 and .22 cartridges): Elementary training, visual training, judging distance, fire discipline, range practices, field practices — John Shaqi
Musketry (.303 and .22 cartridges): Elementary training, visual training, judging distance, fire discipline, range practices, field practices
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Musketry (.303 and .22 cartridges): Elementary training, visual training, judging distance, fire discipline, range practices, field practices
Grenades; Rifles; Shooting, Military
55. SOLANO TARGET, MARK I, ARRANGED FOR GENERAL
INSTRUCTION OR FOR FIRING FIELD PRACTICES,
WITH SCENERY AND SCENIC ACCESSORIES (TYPE A),
AND WITH SOLANO FIGURES REPRESENTING TROOPS
AT DIFFERENT RANGES 207
56. SOLANO TARGET, MARK I, ARRANGED FOR GENERAL
INSTRUCTION OR FOR FIRING FIELD PRACTICES,
WITH SCENERY AND SCENIC ACCESSORIES (TYPE C),
AND WITH SOLANO FIGURES REPRESENTING TROOPS
AT DIFFERENT RANGES 207
57. LANDSCAPE TARGET ON FRAMES ATTACHED TO SOLANO
TARGET IN POSITION FOR FIRING 228
58. LANDSCAPE TARGET PRACTICES--ILLUSTRATION SHOWING
METHOD OF HARMONIZING RIFLES AND THE
SYSTEM OF MEASURING COLLECTIVE GROUPING OF
CONCENTRATED AND DISTRIBUTED FIRE 229
59, 60. SHORT MAGAZINE LEE-ENFIELD RIFLE 234, 235
61-63. CHARGER-LOADING LEE-ENFIELD RIFLE 237-239
64. LEGRET AIM-TEACHER 240
65. AIM-CORRECTOR 242
66. AIMING-DISC 243
67. SOLANO ELEMENTARY TARGET, NO. 1 251
68. SOLANO ELEMENTARY TARGET, NO. 2 252
69. A CIRCLE (3 INCHES DIAMETER) AND A TRIANGLE
(3 INCHES EQUILATERAL), SHOWING THAT THE TRIANGLE
AS AIMING AND SCORING DIAGRAM INDUCES
CLOSER GROUPING THAN THE CIRCLE BY ALLOWING
LESS MARGIN FOR BOTH VERTICAL AND LATERAL
ERRORS REPRESENTED BY THE DOTS 253
70. SOLANO INSTRUCTIONAL TARGET, NO. 1 254
71. SOLANO INSTRUCTIONAL TARGET, NO. 2 255
72. SOLANO INSTRUCTIONAL TARGET, NO. 3 256
DEFINITIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS AND MILITARY VOCABULARY
I. DEFINITIONS.
=Aiming-Off.=--Altering the point of aim laterally, so as to give
deflection to the rifle-barrel without using the wind-gauge.
=Aiming Point.=--The point in any target at which aim is taken,
forming the extremity of the line of sight.
=Aiming Up and Down.=--Altering the point of aim vertically so
as to give more or less elevation to the rifle-barrel without
altering the sight.
=Angle of Descent.=--Angle at which the bullet falls to the
ground at the end of its flight (Figs. 4 and 5).
=Application.=--An elementary musketry practice, designed to
illustrate methods of correcting aim or sighting in accordance
with observation or signals from the butts.
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