Fig. 56.—Solano Target, Mark I, arranged for General Instruction or for Firing Field Practices, with Scenery and Scenic Accessories (Type C), and with Solano Figures representing Troops at Different Ranges.
3. Regulation Figure Targets include those in the list in Appendix, VII, para. 5. Targets representing troops advancing in close formations, such as those shown in the Preface, p. ix, may be improvised by cutting strips of card to the required length. The height of the card for various distances, scaled for 25 yards, is as follows: 400 yards, 4 inches; 600 yards, 3¾ inches; 800 yards, 2 inches; 1,000 yards, 1 inch. To these measurements ½ inch should be added in every case for the base held by the clips of the target. Brown or grey card should be used.
(iii) It must be noted that if figures are made with card which is not sufficiently thick, the impact of the bullet will not cause them to fall when fixed in the falling clips of Tier B of the Target (Appendix, VII, para. 2).
4. Solano Elementary and Instructional Targets.—These targets have been officially approved by the Army Council for miniature range practices (see Appendix, VIII).
5. Nomenclature of Targets.—In the subsequent Sections of this chapter the Solano Target will be referred to as The Target, Figure Targets as Figures, and Landscape Targets as Landscapes.
Section 72.—Preliminary Training
1. Instruction to Precede Firing.—(i) As already stated, range and field practices carried out before men have been thoroughly instructed in preliminary training will merely result in waste of ammunition. Therefore, before firing on miniature ranges commences men should be thoroughly trained in the following duties: (a) Quick and accurate adjustment of sights; (b) laying an absolutely correct aim from aiming-rest at easy aiming-mark; (c) correct trigger pressing; (d) assuming correct loading and firing positions, including adjustment of sights, aiming, and release of trigger without disturbing aim.
(ii) Particular subjects of instruction which relate to different firing practices should precede them as follows:[30]
(a) Before firing from cover: Adapting the firing position to different kinds of cover.
(b) Before application practices: Aiming-off; the extent being reckoned by the breadth of the aiming-mark as ordered, and aim being laid from aiming-rest.