Musketry (·303 and ·22 cartridges)

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Editor

Solano, E. John

Title

Musketry (.303 and .22 cartridges) Elementary training, visual training, judging distance, fire discipline, range practices, field practices

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

UD: Military science: Infantry

Subject

Grenades

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56395

Release Date

January 19, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PRICE COMPLETE £1 15s. — MUSKETRY
2. 2.VOLUMES IN THE IMPERIAL ARMY SERIES Each 1s. net
3. 3.IMPERIAL ARMY SERIES BASED ON OFFICIAL MANUALS MUSKETRY (·303 AND ·22 CARTRIDGES)
4. 4.EDITOR’S NOTE
5. 5.PREFACE — NOTES ON EXPERIENCE GAINED AT THE FRONT — By General Sir O’Moore Creagh, V.C.
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.DEFINITIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS AND MILITARY VOCABULARY — I. DEFINITIONS. — II. MILITARY VOCABULARY FOR INDICATION AND RECOGNITION OF TARGETS.
8. 8.CHAPTER I THE CARE AND CLEANING OF ARMS 3 — Section 1 .—General Remarks. — Section 2 .—Wear and Fouling. — Section 3 .—Materials used for Cleaning Arms. — Section 4 .—Instructions for Cleaning Arms. — Section 5 .—Instructions for Care of Arms and Ammunition. — Section 6 .—Examination of Small Arms. — Section 7 .—Inspection of Arms on Parade.
9. 9.CHAPTER II THE THEORY AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF RIFLE FIRE — Section 8 .—General Information. — Section 9 .—Dangerous Space—Ricochets—Firing Up and Down Hill. — Section 10 .—Effects of Barometric Pressure, Temperature, Wind, and Light. — Section 11 .—Need for Collective Fire. — Section 12. —Dispersion of Individual and Collective Fire. — Section 13 .—Searching. — Section 14 .—The Relation of Ground to Fire Effect.
10. 10.CHAPTER III INSTRUCTION IN AIMING — Section 15 .—General Remarks. — Section 16 .—Aiming Instruction. — Section 17 .—Common Faults in Aiming. — Section 18 .—Triangle of Error. — Section 19 .—Aiming at Service Targets, Aiming at Ground, and Marking Down the Enemy. — Section 20 .—Aiming-Off for Wind. — Section 21 .—Aiming Up and Down. — Section 22 .—Aiming-Off for Movement. — Section 23 .—Practice in Rapid Adjustment of Sights. 12
11. 11.CHAPTER IV ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION IN FIRING — Section 24 .—Hints to Instructors. — Section 25 .—Trigger-Pressing and Snapping. — Section 26 .—The Various Firing Positions. — Section 27 .—Loading and Unloading. — Section 28 .—Use of the Safety-Catch and Cut-Off. — Section 29 .—Instruction in Aiming and Firing. — Section 30 .—Firing in the Open. — Section 31 .—Firing from Cover. — Section 32. —Muscle Exercises.
12. 12.CHAPTER V VISUAL TRAINING AND RANGING — Section 33 .—General Remarks on Visual Training. 15 — Section 34 .—Discernment of Targets. — Section 35 .—Military Vocabulary and Study of Ground. 16 — Section 36 .—General Remarks on Ranging. — Section 37 .—Judging Distances by Eye. — Section 38 .—Range-finding by Observation of Fire. — Section 39 .—Ranging by Auxiliary Methods and by Instruments. — Section 40 .—Range-Cards and Range-Marks.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI FIRE DIRECTION AND CONTROL — Section 41 .—General Remarks. — Section 42 .—Organization for Fire Action. 18 — Section 43 .—Effect of Fire at Different Ranges on Various Formations and Objectives. — Section 44 .—Tactical Application of Rifle Fire. — Section 45 .—Description and Recognition of Targets. — Section 46 .—Fire Orders. 23 — Section 47 .—Fire Discipline.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING RANGE AND FIELD PRACTICES — Section 48 .—Preliminary Training. — Section 49 .—Tests of Preliminary Training. — Section 50 .—Progression of Instruction in Range and Field Practices. — Section 51 .—Range Practices. — Section 52 .—Grouping and Application. — Section 53 .—Snapshooting, Rapid Firing, and Firing at Crossing Targets. — Section 54 .—Field Practices.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII CONDUCT OF RANGE AND FIELD PRACTICES — Section 55 .—Thirty Yards Ranges. — Section 56 .—Grouping Practices. — Section 57 .—Timed Practices. — Section 58 .—General Rules for Range Practices. 27 — Section 59 .—Surplus Ammunition and Computation of Averages. — Section 60 .—Conditions of Qualification — Section 61 .—Classification Practices and Conditions of Classification. — Section 62 .—Recruits’ Course, Regular Forces, Cavalry, R.E., and Infantry. — Section 63 .—Execution of Tables A and B in the Same Year. — Section 64 .—Trained Soldiers’ Course. — TABLE A. — RECRUITS’ COURSE—REGULAR FORCES (CAVALRY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, AND INFANTRY). — Part V.—Individual Field Practices. — Part VI.—Collective Field Practices. — TABLE B. — ANNUAL COURSE—REGULAR FORCES (CAVALRY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, AND INFANTRY). — Part IV.—Individual Field Practices. — Part V.—Fire Direction Practices. — Part VI.—Collective Field Practices. — TABLE A. — TABLE B. — Section 65 .—General Rules for Field Practices. — Section 66 .—Field Practices on Classification Ranges. — Individual Field Practices. — No. 1. — No. 2. — No. 3. — No. 4. — No. 5. — No. 6. — Collective Field Practices. — No. 2. — No. 3. — No. 4. — No. 5. — No. 6. — No. 7. — No. 8.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX NIGHT FIRING, HAND GRENADES, AND COMPETITIONS — Section 67 .—Night Firing. 29 — Section 68 .—Hand Grenade (Mark I). — Section 69 .—Competitions.
17. 17.CHAPTER X INSTRUCTION ON MINIATURE RANGES, INCLUDING RANGE AND FIELD PRACTICES — Section 70 .—General Remarks. — Section 71 .—Targets. — Section 72 .—Preliminary Training — Section 73 .—Range Practices. — Section 74 .—Field Practices, Night Firing and Competitions. — Individual Field Practices on the Solano Target. — No. 1. — No. 2. — No. 3. — No. 4. — No. 5. — No. 6. — No. 7. — Collective Field Practices on the Solano Target. — No. 1. — No. 2. — No. 3. — No. 4. — No. 5. — No. 6. — Collective Field Practices on Landscape Targets. — No. 1. — No. 2. — No. 3. — No. 4. — Cadet Competitions . — No. 1. — No. 2. — No. 3. — No. 4. — No. 5. — No. 6.
18. 18.APPENDIX — I. NAMES OF THE PARTS OF RIFLES—SHORT M.L.E., MARK III, AND CHARGER-LOADING M.L.E. — ( a ) Short M.L.E. Mark III (Figs. 59 and 60). — ( b ) Charger-Loading M.L.E. (Figs. 61, 62, and 63) — II. DIRECTIONS FOR USE OF THE LEGRET AIM TEACHER. — The Legret Aim Teacher. — Aims Chart For use with “Aim Teacher” Mark 1. — III. DIRECTIONS FOR USE OF THE AIM-CORRECTOR. — IV. DIRECTIONS FOR USE OF THE AIMING-DISC. — V. “HARMONIZING” RIFLES FOR MINIATURE RANGE PRACTICES. — VI. SCORING AND SIGNALLING. — VII. SOLANO TARGET—MARKS I AND II. — VIII. SOLANO ELEMENTARY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TARGETS. 34
19. 19.INDEX
20. 20.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:

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