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... projectiles is provided with a fuze which causes an explosion of the projectile . There are three classes of fuzes -one called a time fuze , which is so arranged as to cause explosion before impact , or while the projectile is traveling ...
... projectiles is provided with a fuze which causes an explosion of the projectile . There are three classes of fuzes -one called a time fuze , which is so arranged as to cause explosion before impact , or while the projectile is traveling ...
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... projectile is elon- gated and provided with a copper rotating band , which , engaging in the tube rifling , gives the projectile a spinning motion about its long axis , and prevents its tumbling in flight . The circumstances of a ...
... projectile is elon- gated and provided with a copper rotating band , which , engaging in the tube rifling , gives the projectile a spinning motion about its long axis , and prevents its tumbling in flight . The circumstances of a ...
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Harry Gore Bishop. handling projectiles from gun muzzle to target . Air re- sistance and gravity conspire to defeat his purpose . First , gravity causes the projectile to fall the same as any other free body , under the rules of gravity ...
Harry Gore Bishop. handling projectiles from gun muzzle to target . Air re- sistance and gravity conspire to defeat his purpose . First , gravity causes the projectile to fall the same as any other free body , under the rules of gravity ...
Contents
THE SPIRIT OF THE OLD AND NEW FIELD ARTILLERY | 3 |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARM | 13 |
MISSIONS AND WEAPONS | 22 |
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adjustment advance guard aiming point ammunition anti-aircraft artil artillery battery artillery plan attack battalion battalion commander battery commander brigade burst caisson caliber called cannon captain carriage cavalry center of impact check point co-ordinate column combat corrector deflection difference direction division artillery elevation enemy field artillery field artilleryman FIELD GUN fire for effect firing angle firing battery firing chart flank French front fuze ground gun barrel gunner horse hostile indirect laying infantry infantry advance liaison officers Lieutenant light field light gun limbers maintenance section matériel measured methods Mihiel mil relation minutes of arc mission motor object obliquity obtained operation orders organic artillery PACK HOWITZER parallel sheaf personnel piece preparation of fire probable error projectile rear reconnaissance officer regiment rifle road rolling barrage round shot shell shot shrapnel tactical target telescopic sight tion train troops U.S. STANDARD usually weapons wheels wire yards