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
=16. Instruction in Recognition of Targets.=--Instruction in
recognition of targets may be carried out on the same method as
training in description of targets, the targets being described
verbally by the instructor, or by an efficient fire-unit commander.
Men aiming at wrong targets, or not aiming because they have failed to
recognize the target, will be asked to explain their difficulty, and
the instructor must try in each case to explain the cause of errors or
failure to recognize targets, with a view to helping men to overcome
it. Men will be trained to recognize targets by description-points
alone, as well as in combination with the finger-breadth and clock-face
methods.
=17. Instruction on Miniature Ranges.=--Training in description and
recognition of targets can be carried out on miniature ranges, as
described in Sec. 72, para. 8 (ii).
Section =46=.--Fire Orders.[23]
=1. Words of Command.=--The following words of command will be used as
may be found necessary:
_At_--(_Elevation and deflection_).
_At_--(_Object_).
_Fire or_ {On which the firer will load, adjust
_Rapid Fire_ { his sights, aim and fire, deliberately or
{ rapidly.
{On which fire will be discontinued, and
_Cease Fire_ { the firer will bring the rifle to the
{ loading position, recharge the magazine,
{ and apply the safety-catch.
{On which the safety-catch will be applied
{ and an easy position assumed.
{When rifles are not provided with
_Rest_ { safety-catches, on the command “_Rest_”
{ the cut-off will be pressed in, the bolt
{ opened and closed, and the spring
{ eased.
{On which all cartridges will be removed
_Unload_ { from the chamber and magazine, and
{ other motions performed as detailed
{ in Sec. 27, para. 4.
=2.= Words of command in fire orders will be as few as possible. _They
must be announced clearly and deliberately by fire-unit commanders,
and repeated if necessary, should they notice by the actions of their
men that they are not properly heard or understood._ If the noise of
firing, the distance due to deployment of the unit, the wind, or other
conditions prevent the hearing of orders, they must be passed from
N.C.O. to N.C.O., from observer to observer, or from man to man.
=3.= As already stated, when possible, directions as to sighting as
well as the target _will be given before the occasion for firing
arises, and fire will be opened without further orders as soon as the
target appears_. Orders for adjusting the sights should be given first,
so that there may be no necessity for the firers to remove their eyes
from the target after it is indicated, otherwise the order of the words
of command is not of material importance.
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