PART IV.
RANGES.
1. What is meant by the range of a piece of artillery?
The distance from the muzzle to the first graze.
2. How may the range of a projectile be extended?
Either by raising the piece to a higher level, or by giving its axis greater elevation within certain limits.
3. Define point-blank range.
The distance from the muzzle of the piece to that point in a shot’s trajectory where it cuts the prolongation of the natural line of sight, a second time.
4. In what does the French definition for point-blank range differ from ours?
It requires that the natural line of sight should be horizontal.
5. What is the British definition for point-blank range?