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.
1Grouping2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye)1005Lying, with arm or rifle rested.
2Application2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye)2005As in 1.
3Application2nd Class Figure3005Kneeling, with arm or rifle rested.
4Grouping2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye)1005Lying.
5Application1st Class Figure4005Lying.
6Application1st Class Figure5005Lying, with side of rifle only rested.
Total Rounds30
Part II.—Instructional Practices (Timed).
7Snapshooting2nd Class Figure2005Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbags representing a parapet and firing over them. Exposure, 6 seconds for each shot.
8Snapshooting2nd Class Figure2005Sitting or kneeling. Bayonet fixed. Exposure, 6 seconds for each shot.
9Rapid2nd Class Figure.2005Lying. Bayonets fixed. 30 seconds allowed.
10Deliberate2nd Class Figure.3005Lying.
11Rapid2nd Class Figure.30010Lying. Rife unloaded and magazine empty until the target appears. Loading from the pouch or bandolier by 5 rounds afterwards. One minute allowed.
12Deliberate1st Class Figure5005Lying.
13Rapid1st Class Figure5005Lying. Taking cover as in 7. 45 seconds allowed.
14Deliberate1st Class Figure6005Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbags and firing round them, with side of rifle only rested.
15SnapshootingFigure No. 3 (silhouette)2005Lying. Taking cover as in 14. Exposure, 4 seconds for each shot.
16SnapshootingFigure No. 3 (silhouette)2005Kneeling. Taking cover in a trench or behind a screen representing a wall and firing over the parapet. Exposure, 5 seconds for each shot.
17Crossing shotFigure No. 6 (silhouette)2005Lying. One shot at each run of 30 feet. Pace of target—quick time.
Total rounds60
Part III.—Classification Practices.
18Grouping2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye)1005Lying.
19SnapshootingFigure No. 3 (silhouette)2005Lying. Taking cover as in 7. Bayonet fixed. Exposure, 4 seconds for each shot.
20Deliberate2nd Class Figure4005Lying. Taking cover as
in 14.
21Deliberate2nd Class Figure3005Kneeling. Taking cover as in 16.
22Rapid2nd Class Figure30015Lying. 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.
23Deliberate1st Class Figure5005Lying.
24Rapid1st Class Figure5005Lying. 30 seconds allowed.
25Deliberate1st Class Figure6005Taking cover as
in 7.
Total rounds50

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.