The bombardier, and pocket gunner

by Ralph Willett Adye

13 Inch.				10 Inch.
Charge.		Flight.	Range.	Charge.		Flight.	Range.
lbs.	oz.	Sec.	Yards.	lbs.	oz.	Sec.	Yards.
—	14	6½	245	—	8	6½	235
1	—	7½	318	—	10	8	358
1	4	8½	412	—	12	9	464
1	8	9½	523	—	14	10	534
1	12	10½	613	1	—	10½	638
2	—	11	697	1	2	11½	749
2	4	12½	840	1	4	13	873
2	8	13	906	1	6	13½	956
2	12	14	1054	1	8	14	1028
3	—	15	1132	1	10	15	1123
3	4	16	1244	1	12	15	1226
3	8	16½	1317	1	14	16	1325
3	12	17	1424	2	—	16½	1357
4	—	17	1490	2	2	17	1480
4	4	17½	1580	2	4	17½	1532
4	8	18½	1656	2	6	17½	1571
4	12	19	1744	2	8	18½	1700
5	—	19½	1824	2	10	19	1780
5	4	19½	1900	2	12	19½	1825
5	8	20	1950	2	14	20	1880
5	12	20½	2062	3	—	20	1916
6	—	21	2095	4	—	25	2485
7	—	24	2510	4	8	26	2536
8	—	25	2706
8 Inch.				5½ Inch, Brass.
Charge.		Flight.	Range.	Charge.		Flight.	Range.
lbs.	oz.	Sec.	Yards.	lbs.	oz.	Sec.	Yards.
—	5	6	225	1	8	5½	155
—	6	7½	328	1	12	6	198
—	7	8½	428	2	—	6½	255
—	8	9½	474	2	4	7½	316
—	9	10	560	2	8	8	380
—	10	11	664	2	12	8½	426
—	11	12	762	3	—	9½	470
—	12	12½	801	3	4	10	540
—	13	13½	859	3	8	10½	590
—	14	14	960	3	12	11	630
—	15	14½	1011	4	—	11½	725
1	0	14½	1115	4	4	12	746
1	1	15	1156	4	8	12½	800
1	2	16	1262	4	12	13½	910
1	3	16½	1320	5	—	13½	935
1	4	17	1380	5	4	14	1016
1	5	17½	1446	5	8	—	—
1	6	18	1530	5	12	—	—
1	7	18½	1600	6	—	15	1175
1	8	19	1660
1	9	19½	1720

Medium Ranges with Brass Mortars,
at 45 Degrees. 1780.

13 Inch.[12]			10 Inch.			8 Inch.
Charge.		Range.	Charge.		Range.	Charge.		Range.
lbs.	oz.	Yards.	lbs.	oz.	Yards.	oz.	dr.	Yards.
2	12	862	1	10	823	10	8	580
2	14	939	1	11	852	11	—	635
3	—	998	1	12	783	11	8	711
3	2	1003	1	13	758	12	—	708
3	4	1090	1	14	823	12	8	701
3	6	1139	1	15	888	13	—	777
3	8	1165	2	—	892	13	8	825
3	10	1209	2	1	940	14	—	870
3	12	1270	2	2	941	14	8	853
3	14	1322	2	3	1041	15	—	866
4	—	1309	2	4	1128	15	8	899
4	2	1331	2	5	1103	16	—	921
4	4	1391	2	6	1221	16	8	987
4	6	1363	2	7	1258	17	—	987
4	8	1324	2	8	1215	17	8	1062

Ranges with a 5½ inch Brass Mortar,
at 15 Degrees.

Charge.		Flight.	First Graze.	Rolled to
oz.	dr.	Sec.	Yards.	Yards.
2	8	3	209	303
3	—	3½	256	330
3	8	4	375	443
4	—	4½	457	501
4	8	5	530	600
5	—	5½	561	627
5	8	6½	667	715
6	—	7	709	780

Medium Ranges with Land Service Iron Mortars,
at 10 Degrees Elevation.—Powder in Cartridges.

10 Inch.					8 Inch.
Flight.	Charge.		First graze.	Extreme Range.	Flight.	Charge.		First graze.	Extreme Range.
Sec.	lbs.	oz.	Yards.	Yards.	Sec.	lbs.	oz.	Yards.	Yards.
3	—	12	198	415	3	—	8	202	403
3	1	—	278	458	3	—	10	266	461
4	1	4	366	564	3¼	—	12	351	614
4½	1	8	451	685	4	—	14	413	630
4	1	12	432	686	4¾	1	—	468	754
4¾	2	—	559	938	5	1	2	562	811
5	2	4	602	798	6	1	4	664	950
4¾	2	8	597	976	6½	1	6	700	1028
5	2	12	664	1121	6½	1	8	768	1064
5¼	3	—	764	1169

Medium Ranges with the above Mortars,
at 15 Degrees.

10 Inch.				8 Inch.
Charge.		Flight.	Range.	Charge.		Flight.	Range.
lbs.	oz.	Sec.	Yards.	lbs.	oz.	Sec.	Yards.
1	4	5	464	—	11	4½	427
1	6	5½	543	—	12	4½	485
1	8	6	590	—	13	5	513
1	12	6¾	685	—	14	5½	559
1	14	7	765	1	—	6½	690
2	—	7	805	1	2	7	822
2	4	7½	884	1	4	7	827
2	8	7¾	960	1	6	7¾	1004
2	12	8	1070	1	8	8½	1012
3	—	8½	1154	1	10	8½	1196
				1	11	9	1337

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