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MODERN (From the See also:British See also:official See also:Country See also:AUSTRIA See also:BELGIUM. See also:DENMARK. See also:GREAT See also:BRITAIN. See also:FRANCE. See also:GERMANY. AND See also:BULGARIA. See also:Pattern of the See also:Year . 1885. x889. 188g. 1967. 1967. 1886.

1898. Designation MANNLICHER. MAUSER. KRAG- CHARGER See also:

SHORT See also:LEBEL. - MAIISER. LOADING See also:LEE-See also:ENFIELD, LEE-ENFIELD, JORGENSEN. See also:MARK I. See also:MARS III See also:Magazine See also:System See also:Box Box See also:Horizontal-box Box Box See also:Tube Box Number of Cartridges in Magazine 5 5 5 0 10 8 Charger or Clip . Clip Ch. Ch. Ch. Ch.

No Ch. Cut off . . . . No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Safety See also:

Bolt Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes See also:Weight:- 8 lb 5i oz. 8 lb } oz. g lb xx) oz. 9 lb 4 OZ. 8 lb 2) OZ. g lb 3i OZ. 9 lb. Without See also:bayonet . With bayonet . 8 lb 15* oz. 9 1 9) oz.

10 lb 41 oz. 10 lb 3i oz. See also:

gib 10i oz. xo lb xl oz. 9 lb 14 oz. Length:- 4 ft. 2 in. 4 ft. 2.25 in. 4 ft. 4.75 in. 4 ft. 1.5 in. 3 ft.

8.5 in. 4 ft. 3.12 in. 4 ft. 1.4 in. Without bayonet . With bayonet . 4 ft. 11.5 in. 4 ft. See also:

Iris in. 5 ft.

3 in. 5 ft. 1.5 in. 5 ft. 1.7 in. 5 ft. 11.84 in. 5 ft. 9.75 in. See also:

Barrel:- 30•12 30.67 32'9 30'19 2$.19 31.496 29'05 Length in. 8 mm. 8 7.65 8 7.7 7.7 7'9 Calibre .. in.

•315 •301 •315 •303 .303 •31x •315 Rifling:- 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 Number of grooves Twist (to right, except in Lee- 31 32'5 37.5 33 30 30.2 Enfield and Lebel) x turn in calibres Soo paces 500 m. 300 M. 200 M. See also:

Sights:- Lowesffo[ 183 m. 250 M. (410 yds. (547 yds.) (328 yds.) (206 yds.) (273 yds.) (219 yds.) Highest for 2600 paces 2000 M. x966 m. 256o m. 2009 M. 2000 M. (2132 yds.) (2,87 yds.) (2078 yds.) (2800 yds.) (2187 yds.) (2187 yds.) See also:Cartridge:- 3.0 3'055 3'0 3'22 3.18 Length . . .

. in. 3.05 2.95 Weight . grs. 455 441 460 415 447 415 431 369.9 BuShllet:- See also:

Round Round Round Round Round Pointed Round Pointed See also:ape of point Material of envelope . See also:Steel, lubricated C.N. C.N. C.N. C.N. See also:Copper See also:zinc, Steel, coated Steel, coated i Length .... in. 1•24 1•205 1.187 I.221 no envelope with C.N. with C.N. S 1•625 1.235 x•105 1.25 See also:Diameter (max.) •3228 '31 .323 '311 '3225 •327 '3189 '323 Weight . grs. 244 219 237 215 231 298 227 154'5 See also:Charge:- '--42'44 37 33'95 31'5 42'43 46'2 40.75 48.4 Weight gm. Propellant.

N.C. N.G. and N.C. N.C. See also:

Cordite N.C. N.C. N.C. N.C. Muzzle Velocity . . f.s. 2034 2034 1968 2060 2073 2380 2093 2882 Chamber Pressure:- 19.7 19'7 15.1 15.5 17.75 17'75 21 17'5 Tons on sq. in. too yds. wrong at any range." Now at r000 yds. an See also:error in judging distance of 13 yds. above or below the true range will cause all the shots of a particular See also:rifle to fall away from the See also:target, and the better the marksman-i.e. the closer his See also:group-the more necessary is perfection in judging distance, a perfection which in reality seems unattainable. The British musketry regulations therefore See also:lay it down that the individual marksman's See also:fire at service targets is unprofitable at ranges of more than 600 yds.

Beyond that distance collective fire, controlled and directed by an officer or non-commissioned officer, is the See also:

rule. The question as to whether fire is to be opened in any given set of circumstances is decided by the fire-director, who considers first whether the probable error in judging distance is greater than See also:half of the effective See also:zone for the estimated range. If it is so, he must See also:order " combined sights," i.e. half of the See also:units under his command use one See also:elevation, the See also:rest another, which method artificially increases the See also:dispersion of the bullets and thereby the See also:probability of the target being included in the zone. This, however, makes the fire less effective, and in practice cannot profitably be used by any See also:body of rifles of less than 8o or too. The See also:commander of only a single See also:section, therefore, however tempting the target, must refrain from opening fire at all.

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