TABLE B.
ANNUAL COURSE—REGULAR FORCES (CAVALRY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, AND INFANTRY).
N.B.—The Royal Engineers (Sappers, Regular Forces), including Regular Establishment of the R.E. Special Reserve, will fire those practices only which are detailed in the Instructions for Royal Engineers (see Sec. 61, para. 6).
Trained drivers of the Royal Engineers will fire:
Part I.—Practices 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6.
Part II.—Practices 7 and 9.
Part III.—Practice 19.
They will be classified on the same standard as laid down for the forty rounds fired in Table B, p. 169.
| Part I.—Qualifying Practices. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Practice. | Target. | Distance in Yards. | Rounds. | Instructions for Conduct of Practice. |
| 1 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 100 | 5 | Lying, with arm or rifle rested. |
| 2 | Application | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 200 | 5 | As in 1. |
| 3 | Application | 2nd Class Figure | 300 | 5 | Kneeling, with arm or rifle rested. |
| 4 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 100 | 5 | Lying. |
| 5 | Application | 1st Class Figure | 400 | 5 | Lying. |
| 6 | Application | 1st Class Figure | 500 | 5 | Lying, with side of rifle only rested. |
| Total Rounds | 30 | ||||
| Part II.—Instructional Practices (Timed). | |||||
| 7 | Snapshooting | 2nd Class Figure | 200 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbags representing a parapet and firing over them. Exposure, 6 seconds for each shot. |
| 8 | Snapshooting | 2nd Class Figure | 200 | 5 | Sitting or kneeling. Bayonet fixed. Exposure, 6 seconds for each shot. |
| 9 | Rapid | 2nd Class Figure. | 200 | 5 | Lying. Bayonets fixed. 30 seconds allowed. |
| 10 | Deliberate | 2nd Class Figure. | 300 | 5 | Lying. |
| 11 | Rapid | 2nd Class Figure. | 300 | 10 | Lying. Rife unloaded and magazine empty until the target appears. Loading from the pouch or bandolier by 5 rounds afterwards. One minute allowed. |
| 12 | Deliberate | 1st Class Figure | 500 | 5 | Lying. |
| 13 | Rapid | 1st Class Figure | 500 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover as in 7. 45 seconds allowed. |
| 14 | Deliberate | 1st Class Figure | 600 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbags and firing round them, with side of rifle only rested. |
| 15 | Snapshooting | Figure No. 3 (silhouette) | 200 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover as in 14. Exposure, 4 seconds for each shot. |
| 16 | Snapshooting | Figure No. 3 (silhouette) | 200 | 5 | Kneeling. Taking cover in a trench or behind a screen representing a wall and firing over the parapet. Exposure, 5 seconds for each shot. |
| 17 | Crossing shot | Figure No. 6 (silhouette) | 200 | 5 | Lying. One shot at each run of 30 feet. Pace of target—quick time. |
| Total rounds | 60 | ||||
| Part III.—Classification Practices. | |||||
| 18 | Grouping | 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) | 100 | 5 | Lying. |
| 19 | Snapshooting | Figure No. 3 (silhouette) | 200 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover as in 7. Bayonet fixed. Exposure, 4 seconds for each shot. |
| 20 | Deliberate | 2nd Class Figure | 400 | 5 | Lying. Taking cover as in 14. |
| 21 | Deliberate | 2nd Class Figure | 300 | 5 | Kneeling. Taking cover as in 16. |
| 22 | Rapid | 2nd Class Figure | 300 | 15 | Lying. Rifle to be loaded and 4 rounds in the magazine before the target appears. Loading from the pouch or bandolier by 5 rounds afterwards. One minute allowed. |
| 23 | Deliberate | 1st Class Figure | 500 | 5 | Lying. |
| 24 | Rapid | 1st Class Figure | 500 | 5 | Lying. 30 seconds allowed. |
| 25 | Deliberate | 1st Class Figure | 600 | 5 | Taking cover as in 7. |
| Total rounds | 50 | ||||
Note.—No instruction or assistance of any kind will be given to any man during the firing of Part III., Table B (Cavalry, R.E., and Infantry).
The use of the wind-gauge or of the fine adjustment will not be permitted in any classification practice or standard test classification practice.