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 5. THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY ARTILLERY AGAINST VARIOUS TARGETS.

Germany. According to computations made by Lieutenant-General Rohne, the following hits may be expected from every time shrapnel, model '96, when burst an average of 50 m. short of the targets named:

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====+==========+========+================ Range| Standing.| Kneeling.| Prone. | Intrenched m. |         |          |        | Skirmishers. ++++ 500 |   18.4   |   10.6   |   6.4  |     3.5 1000 |   14.2   |    8.2   |   4.9  |     2.4 2000 |   12.    |    6.9   |   4.1  |     2.3 3000 |   11.    |    6.3   |   3.8  |     2.1 4000 |   10.    |    5.8   |   3.5  |     1.9 ++++

The number of hits per minute obtained by a battery firing 50 shots at 500 m., 30 at 1000 m., 20 at 2000 m., 10 at 3000 m., and 4 at 4000 m., is as follows:

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====+==========+========+================ Range| Standing.| Kneeling.| Prone. | Intrenched m. |         |          |        | Skirmishers. ++++ 500 |   364    |   210    |  126   |     70 1000 |   202    |   117    |   70   |     39 2000 |   109    |    63    |   38   |     21 3000 |    46    |    27    |   16   |      9 4000 |    14    |     8    |    5   |      3 ++++