RANGE, ELEVATION, ETC., OF BRASS ORDNANCE.
| SOLID SHOT. | COMMON CASE SHOT. | ||||
| Elevation. | Med. 12 Pr. 9 Pr. Long 6 Pr. | Light 12 Pr. Ditto 6 Pr. Heavy 3 Pr. | Elevation. | Med. 12 Pr. 9 Pr. Long 6 Pr. | Light 12 Pr. Ditto 6 Pr. Heavy 3 Pr. |
| degrees. | yards. | yards. | degrees. | yards. | yards. |
| P. B. | 300 | 200 | P. B. | 150 | 100 |
| ¼ | 400 | 300 | ¼ | 175 | 125 |
| ½ | 500 | 400 | ½ | 200 | 150 |
| ¾ | 600 | 500 | ¾ | 225 | 175 |
| 1 | 700 | 600 | 1 | 250 | 200 |
| 1¼ | 775 | 650 | 1¼ | 275 | 225 |
| 1½ | 850 | 700 | 1½ | 300 | 250 |
| 1¾ | 925 | 750 | 1¾ | 325 | 275 |
| 2 | 1000 | 800 | 2 | 350 | 300 |
| 2¼ | 1050 | 850 | |||
| 2½ | 1100 | 900 | |||
| 2¾ | 1150 | 950 | |||
| 3 | 1200 | 1000 | |||
| 3¼ | 1250 | 1050 | |||
| 3½ | 1300 | 1100 | |||
| 3¾ | 1350 | 1150 | |||
| 4 | 1400 | 1200 | |||
| 24 Pr. Howitzer. | 12 Pr. Howitzer. | 5½ in. Howitzer. | ||||||||||
| Charge 2½ lb. | Charge 1½ lb. | Heavy | Light | ||||||||||
| 2 lb. Charge 1 lb. | ||||||||||||
| Com. Shells. | C. Case. | Com. Shells. | C. Case. | Com. Shells. | ||||||||
| Elev-ation. | Fuze.* | Range. | Elev-ation. | Range. | Elev-ation. | Fuze.* | Range. | Elev-ation. | Range. | Elev-ation. | Range. | Range. |
| deg. | 10ths | yds. | deg. | yds. | deg. | 10ths | yds. | deg. | yds. | deg. | yds. | yds. |
| P. B. | 250 | P. B. | 150 | 1 | 1 | 400 | P. B. | 100 | P. B. | 250 | 150 | |
| ¼ | 300 | ¼ | 175 | 1¼ | 1½ | 450 | ¼ | 125 | 1 | 400 | 300 | |
| ½ | 350 | ½ | 200 | 1½ | 2 | 500 | ½ | 150 | 2 | 550 | 450 | |
| ¾ | 400 | ¾ | 225 | 1¾ | 2½ | 550 | ¾ | 175 | 3 | 700 | 600 | |
| 1 | 1 | 450 | 1 | 250 | 2 | 3 | 600 | 1 | 200 | 4 | 850 | 750 |
| 1¼ | 1½ | 500 | 1¼ | 275 | 2¼ | 3½ | 650 | 1¼ | 225 | 5 | 975 | 850 |
| 1½ | 2 | 550 | 1½ | 300 | 2½ | 4 | 700 | 1½ | 250 | 6 | 1100 | 950 |
| 1¾ | 2½ | 600 | 1¾ | 325 | 2¾ | 4½ | 750 | 1¾ | 275 | 7 | 1225 | 1050 |
| 2 | 3 | 650 | 2 | 350 | 3 | 5 | 800 | 2 | 300 | 8 | 1350 | 1150 |
| 2¼ | 3½ | 700 | 2¼ | 375 | 3¼ | 5½ | 850 | 9 | 1450 | 1200 | ||
| 2½ | 4 | 750 | 2½ | 400 | 3½ | 6 | 900 | 10 | 1550 | 1250 | ||
| 2¾ | 4½ | 800 | 3¾ | 6¼ | 950 | 11 | 1650 | 1300 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 850 | 4 | 7 | 1000 | 12 | 1750 | 1350 | ||||
| 3¼ | 5½ | 900 | 4¼ | 7½ | 1025 | |||||||
| 3½ | 6 | 950 | 4½ | 7¾ | 1050 | |||||||
| 3¾ | 6½ | 1000 | 4¾ | 8 | 1075 | |||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1025 | 5 | 8¼ | 1100 | |||||||
| 5¼ | 8½ | 1125 | ||||||||||
| 5½ | 8¾ | 1150 | ||||||||||
| * Fuze—Old pattern. | ||||||||||||
| Ranges, Elevation, &c., of 8-inch Howitzer. | |||||||||
| Common Shells. | Shrapnell Shells. | Ricochet firing. | |||||||
| Charge. | Fuze. | Elevation. | Range. | Fuze. | Elevation. | Charge. | Elevation. | Range. | Fuze. |
| lb. | inches | deg. | yards. | inches | deg. | lb. | deg. | yards. | inches |
| 4 | ·3 | 2 | 450 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ·4 | 2½ | 600 | ·3 | 2⅝ | 1 | 9·5 | 400 | ·85 | |
| ·52 | 3 | 750 | ·5 | 3½ | 1·5 | 6· | 400 | ·8 | |
| ·65 | 3¾ | 900 | ·7 | 4½ | 1·5 | 9· | 600 | 1· | |
| ·8 | 4½ | 1050 | ·9 | 5⅝ | 2 | 6·25 | 600 | ·9 | |
| ·95 | 5⅜ | 1200 | 1·1 | 6⅞ | 2·5 | 5·5 | 600 | ·75 | |
| 1·1 | 6¼ | 1350 | 1·35 | 8¼ | 2 | 8·5 | 800 | 1·2 | |
| 1·3 | 7¼ | 1500 | 1·6 | 9¾ | 2·5 | 6·25 | 800 | 1· | |
| 1·5 | 8¼ | 1650 | |||||||
| 1·75 | 9⅜ | 1800 | 1 | 34·5 | 1170 | ||||
| 2· | 10½ | 1950 | 2 | 34·5 | 2010 | ||||
| 2·3 | 11¾ | 2100 | |||||||
| 2·6 | 13 | 2250 | 3 | 5 | 900 | ||||
| 3· | 14⅜ | 2400 | 3 | 10 | 1200 | ||||
| 3·4 | 15¾ | 2550 | 3 | 15 | 1930 | ||||
| 3·9 | 17¼ | 2700 | |||||||
| 32 Pr. Brass Howitzer. | |||||||||||
| Range. | Common Case. | Common Shell. | Shrapnell Shell. | Range. | Common Case. | Common Shell. | Shrapnell Shell. | ||||
| Yards. | Elev- ation. | Elev- ation. | Fuze. | Elev- ation. | Fuze. | Yards. | Elev- ation. | Elev- ation. | Fuze. | Elev- ation. | Fuze. |
| 200 | P B | 1150 | 4⅜ | ·8 | 4¼ | ||||||
| 300 | 1° | 1200 | 4⅞ | ·9 | 4⅝ | ·8 | |||||
| 400 | 2° | ¾ | ·2 | P B | 1250 | 5½ | ·9 | 5° | |||
| 450 | ⅞ | ·2 | ¼ | ·2 | 1300 | .. | .. | ·9 | 5¼ | ·9 | |
| 500 | 1° | ·2 | ½ | 1350 | .. | .. | 1·0 | 5⅝ | |||
| 550 | 1¼ | ·3 | 1° | 1400 | .. | .. | 1·0 | 6° | 1·0 | ||
| 600 | 1⅜ | ·3 | 1¼ | 1450 | .. | .. | 1·1 | 6¼ | |||
| 650 | 1½ | ·3 | 1⅝ | ·3 | 1500 | — | 7½ | 1·1 | 6⅝ | ||
| 700 | 1¾ | ·4 | 2° | 1550 | 1·2 | 7° | |||||
| 750 | 2° | ·4 | 2¼ | 1600 | 1·3 | 7¼ | |||||
| 800 | 2¼ | ·5 | 2½ | ·4 | 1650 | 1·4 | 7⅝ | ||||
| 850 | 2½ | ·5 | 2¾ | 1700 | 1·5 | 8° | |||||
| 900 | 2¾ | ·6 | 3° | ·5 | 1750 | 1·6 | |||||
| 950 | 3° | ·6 | 3¼ | 1800 | — | 9½ | 1·7 | ||||
| 1000 | 3¼ | ·7 | 3½ | ·6 | 1850 | 1·8 | |||||
| 1050 | 3⅝ | ·7 | 3¾ | 1900 | 1·9 | ||||||
| 1100 | 4° | ·8 | 4° | ·7 | 2000 | 2·0 | |||||
| Range, Elevation, &c., of Brass Ordnance. | ||||||||||||||
| SHRAPNELL SHELLS. | ||||||||||||||
| 12 Pr. Medium. | 9 Pr. | Light 6 Pr. | ||||||||||||
| Shell filled 10 lb. 13¼ oz. | Shell filled 8 lb. 1¼ oz. | Shell filled 5 lb. 7¼ oz. | ||||||||||||
| Shell empty 5 lb. 10 oz. | Shell empty 4 lb. 9½ oz. | Shell empty 3 lb. 2 oz. | ||||||||||||
| Number of Balls 63 | Number of Balls 41 | Number of Balls 27 | ||||||||||||
| Letter & | Eleva- | Range. | Letter & | Eleva- | Range. | Letter & | Eleva- | Range. | ||||||
| Length | tion. | Length | tion. | Length | tion. | |||||||||
| of Fuze. | from | to | of Fuze. | from | to | of Fuze. | from | to | ||||||
| in.10ths. | deg. | yds. | yds. | in.10ths. | deg. | yds. | yds. | in.10ths. | deg. | yds. | yds. | |||
| B | ·2 | 1⅜ | 660 | 960 | B | ·2 | 1⅜ | 640 | 920 | 1 | 380 | 640 | ||
| C | ·3 | 1⅞ | 820 | 1110 | C | ·3 | 1⅞ | 800 | 1060 | B | ·2 | 1¼ | 570 | 800 |
| D | ·4 | 2¼ | 960 | 1230 | D | ·4 | 2¼ | 930 | 1180 | C | ·3 | 1⅝ | 720 | 930 |
| E | ·5 | 2¾ | 1080 | 1340 | E | ·5 | 2¾ | 1050 | 1290 | D | ·4 | 2¼ | 845 | 1045 |
| ·6 | 3¼ | 1195 | 1445 | ·6 | 3¼ | 1160 | 1390 | E | ·5 | 2⅞ | 955 | 1145 | ||
| ·7 | 3¾ | 1301 | 1545 | ·7 | 3¾ | 1260 | 1480 | ·6 | 3⅜ | 1060 | 1240 | |||
| ·8 | 4⅜ | 1415 | 1645 | ·8 | 4⅜ | 1360 | 1570 | ·7 | 4 | 1160 | 1330 | |||
| ·9 | 5⅛ | 1520 | 1740 | ·9 | 5⅛ | 1455 | 1655 | ·8 | 4⅝ | 1255 | 1415 | |||
| 1 | · | 5¾ | 1620 | 1830 | 1 | · | 5¾ | 1550 | 1740 | ·9 | 5¼ | 1345 | 1500 | |
| 1 | ·1 | 6⅜ | 1720 | 1920 | 1 | ·1 | 6⅜ | 1640 | 1820 | 1 | · | 5⅞ | 1430 | 1580 |
| 1 | ·2 | 7 | 1815 | 2005 | 1 | ·2 | 7 | 1725 | 1895 | 1 | ·1 | 6⅝ | 1510 | 1655 |
| 1 | ·3 | 7⅝ | 1905 | 2085 | 1 | ·3 | 7⅝ | 1805 | 1965 | 1 | ·2 | 7¼ | 1585 | 1725 |
| 1 | ·4 | 8¼ | 1990 | 2160 | 1 | ·4 | 8¼ | 1885 | 2035 | 1 | ·3 | 7⅝ | 1655 | 1785 |
| 1 | ·5 | 8⅞ | 2070 | 2230 | 1 | ·5 | 8¾ | 1960 | 2100 | 1 | ·4 | 8¼ | 1720 | 1840 |
| 1 | ·6 | 9⅜ | 2140 | 2290 | 1 | ·6 | 9⅜ | 2030 | 2160 | 1 | ·5 | 8⅞ | 1780 | 1890 |
| 1 | ·7 | 10 | 2200 | 2340 | 1 | ·7 | 10 | 2095 | 2215 | 1 | ·6 | 9⅝ | 1835 | 1940 |
| 1 | ·8 | 10¾ | 2165 | 2275 | 1 | ·7 | 10¼ | 1885 | 1980 | |||||
| 1 | ·8 | 11 | 1953 | 2020 | ||||||||||
| SHRAPNELL SHELLS. | |||||||
| Part 2 of 2 | |||||||
| 24 Pr. Howitzer. | 12 Pr. Howitzer. | ||||||
| S. filled 21 lb. 4 oz. | S. filled 10 lb. 13¼ oz. | ||||||
| S. empty 11 lb. 1 oz. | S. empty 5 lb. 10 oz. | ||||||
| No. of Balls 129 | No. of Balls 63 | ||||||
| Letter & | Eleva- | Letter & | Eleva- | ||||
| Length | tion. | Range. | Length | tion. | Range. | ||
| of Fuze. | of Fuze. | ||||||
| in.10ths. | deg. | yds. | in.10ths. | deg. | yds. | ||
| ·1 | 1 | 450 | ·1 | 1¼ | 450 | ||
| ·1½ | 1¼ | 500 | ·1½ | 1½ | 500 | ||
| B | ·2 | 1½ | 550 | B | ·2 | 1¾ | 550 |
| ·2½ | 1¾ | 600 | ·2½ | 2 | 600 | ||
| C | ·3 | 2 | 650 | C | ·3 | 2¼ | 650 |
| ·3½ | 2¼ | 700 | ·3½ | 2½ | 700 | ||
| D | ·4 | 2½ | 750 | D | ·4 | 2¾ | 750 |
| ·4½ | 2¾ | 800 | ·4½ | 3 | 800 | ||
| E | ·5 | 3 | 850 | E | ·5 | 3¼ | 850 |
| ·5½ | 3¼ | 900 | ·5½ | 3½ | 900 | ||
| ·6 | 3½ | 950 | ·6 | 3¾ | 950 | ||
| ·6½ | 3¾ | 1000 | ·6½ | 4 | 1000 | ||
| ·7 | 4 | 1050 | ·7 | 4¼ | 1025 | ||
| ·7½ | 4¼ | 1100 | ·7½ | 4½ | 1050 | ||
| ·8 | 4½ | 1125 | ·7¾ | 4¾ | 1075 | ||
| ·8½ | 4¾ | 1150 | ·8 | 5 | 1100 | ||
| ·9 | 5 | 1175 | ·8¼ | 5¼ | 1125 | ||
| ·9½ | 5¼ | 1200 | ·8½ | 5½ | 1150 | ||
| ·8¾ | 5¾ | 1175 | |||||
| ·9 | 6 | 1200 | |||||
| Ricochet Practice with Brass Ordnance. | ||||||||||||||
| Chg. = Charge. Ele. = Elevation. | ||||||||||||||
| Solid Shot. | Common Shells. | |||||||||||||
| Range in yards. | 12 Pr. | 9 Pr. | 24 Pr. | 12 Pr. | 5½ in. | 5½ in. | 4⅖ in. | |||||||
| Medium | Gun. | Howitzer | Howitzer | Howitzer heavy | Mortar | Mortar | ||||||||
| Gun. | Shell, 16 lb. | Shell, 8 lb. | Shell, 16 lb. | Shell, 16 lb. | Shell, 8 lb. | |||||||||
| Chg. | Ele. | Chg. | Ele. | Chg. | Ele. | Chg. | Ele. | Chg. | Ele. | Chg. | Ele. | Chg. | Ele. | |
| oz. | deg. | oz. | deg. | lb. oz. | deg. | oz. | deg. | lb. oz. | deg. | oz. | deg. | oz. | deg. | |
| 6 | 7½ | |||||||||||||
| 400 | 9 | 4¾ | 12 | 5 | 8 | 14½ | 5 | 14½ | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6½ | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | |||||||
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 6¼ | 10 | 7½ | |||||||||
| 5 | 6¾ | 11 | 6 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
| 500 | 12 | 5¼ | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 6½ | 9 | 7¾ | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| 600 | 6 | 7½ | 12 | 6½ | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6¾ | ||||||
| 5 | 9½ | 1 | 4¾ | 10 | 5 | 12 | 9 | |||||||
Note.—When Shot are fired from the 24 Pounder and 12 PounderHowitzers, the Elevation must be about half a degree more than whenShells are used. | ||||||||||||||