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
10. =Effects of Barometric Pressure, Temperature, Wind, and
Light= 27
11. =Need for Collective Fire= 29
12. =Dispersion of Individual and Collective Fire= 31
13. =Searching= 35
14. =The Relation of Ground to Fire Effect= 38
CHAPTER III
INSTRUCTION IN AIMING
15. =General Remarks= 43
16. =Aiming Instruction= 47
17. =Common Faults in Aiming= 50
18. =Triangle of Error= 51
19. =Aiming at Service Targets, Aiming at Ground, and Marking
Down the Enemy= 53
20. =Aiming-Off for Wind= 55
21. =Aiming Up and Down= 57
22. =Aiming-Off for Movement= 58
23. =Practice in Rapid Adjustment of Sights= 60
CHAPTER IV
ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION IN FIRING
24. =Hints to Instructors= 62
25. =Trigger-Pressing and Snapping= 63
26. =The Various Firing Positions= 66
27. =Loading and Unloading= 69
28. =Use of the Safety-Catch and Cut-Off= 71
29. =Instruction in Aiming and Firing= 72
30. =Firing in the Open= 73
31. =Firing from Cover= 73
32. =Muscle Exercises= 77
CHAPTER V
VISUAL TRAINING AND RANGING
33. =General Remarks on Visual Training= 81
34. =Discernment of Targets= 82
35. =Military Vocabulary and Study of Ground= 84
36. =General Remarks on Ranging= 89
37. =Judging Distances by Eye= 91
38. =Range-Finding by Observation of Fire= 96
39. =Ranging by Auxiliary Methods and by Instruments= 97
40. =Range-Cards and Range-Marks= 98
CHAPTER VI
FIRE DIRECTION AND CONTROL
41. =General Remarks= 105
42. =Organization for Fire Action= 106
43. =Effect of Fire at Different Ranges on Various Formations
and Objectives= 110
44. =Tactical Application of Rifle Fire= 112
45. =Description and Recognition of Targets= 119
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