Section 65.—General Rules for Field Practices.
1. Special Instructions.—(i) (a) Not more than twenty rounds should be fired in field practices in one day.
(b) The dress for individual field practices will be drill order, and for collective field practices marching order.
(c) The firing positions will be any that are suited to the ground or conditions of the scheme.
(d) Some practice should be given in snapshooting in the standing position during rapid advances at short range.
(ii) Practices on Classification Ranges.—If it is absolutely necessary to use classification ranges (see Sec. 66), the practices should be performed on a flank, if the extent of the danger area will permit. In this case, or if the actual range is used, the ground should be broken by means of screens, earth parapets, brushwood, or any other suitable contrivance, with a view to introducing some realism and uncertainty as to distances.
(iii) Allotment of Ammunition.—The allotments of ammunition to individual and collective field practices respectively may be varied as general officers commanding may decide, but the total amount allotted to field practices is to be fired in field practices, even if a classification range only is available. Due safety precautions must be taken (see Musketry Regulations, Part II.).
(iv) Registers and Records.—Company commanders will keep registers of all collective practices fired. Ricochets will not be included in the figures recording results of standard or comparative firing. They will be shown separately from other hits in the registers.
2. Individual Field Practices.—(i) The distances should not exceed 600 yards. Training should be progressive in regard to targets, distances, and all other respects. It is essential to give firers full information as to the object of the practice, and to criticize freely the good and bad points of their shooting [Sec. 54, para. 2 (iv)].
(ii) The firers should be formed into small squads, but there should be no fire control, nor any orders except such as may be necessary to regulate fire and movement in the interest of safety and to insure that the objects of the training are fully carried out.