John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 129
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N.B
Therefore Time Shrapnel Shell is the principal
"Field Artillery" projectile and is carried for most natures
of Field Artillery
The best effect from Time Shrapnel is
obtained when the trajectory passes through of close to
the target and the position of mean point of burst should
be close as possible to the target without entailing an
under proportion of grazes to attain this "Ranging" must
be carried out till the correct range and length of fuze are
determined
In shrapnel shell with base bursters the spread of the bullets
is principally caused by the rotation of the shell in the 13 Pr
and 18 Pr shell however, the central tube is filled with powder
which tends to increase the angle of opening more so it is
difficult to measure this angle accurately but its tendency is
to increase as the range increases
In estimating the front covered by the spread of the bullets
it may be taken as about 35 per cent of the distance burst
short or in rough terms the danger zone is if it just
misses the head of a man it may catch the foot of the
man behind at a distance of 50 yards
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- ID
- 17035 / 198368
- Contributor
- Mrs Jean Hanby
- Western Front
- Artillery
- Trench Life
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