Part VI.—Collective Field Practices.
Reading edition
Twenty-five rounds will be expended, if ammunition is available.
Total rounds 25
Surplus rounds 20
Total rounds for Table A 200
For the Conditions of Collective Field Practices on Classification Ranges, see pp. 188-192.
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.
1 Grouping 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) 100 5 Lying, with arm or rifle rested.
2 Application 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) 200 5 As in 1.
3 Application 2nd Class Figure 300 5 Kneeling, with arm or rifle rested.
4 Grouping 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) 100 5 Lying.
5 Application 1st Class Figure 400 5 Lying.
6 Application 1st Class Figure 500 5 Lying, with side of rifle only rested.
Total Rounds 30
Part II.—Instructional Practices (Timed).
7 Snapshooting 2nd Class Figure 200 5 Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbags representing a parapet and firing over them. Exposure, 6 seconds for each shot.
8 Snapshooting 2nd Class Figure 200 5 Sitting or kneeling. Bayonet fixed. Exposure, 6 seconds for each shot.
9 Rapid 2nd Class Figure. 200 5 Lying. Bayonets fixed. 30 seconds allowed.
10 Deliberate 2nd Class Figure. 300 5 Lying.
11 Rapid 2nd Class Figure. 300 10 Lying. Rife unloaded and magazine empty until the target appears. Loading from the pouch or bandolier by 5 rounds afterwards. One minute allowed.
12 Deliberate 1st Class Figure 500 5 Lying.
13 Rapid 1st Class Figure 500 5 Lying. Taking cover as in 7. 45 seconds allowed.
14 Deliberate 1st Class Figure 600 5 Lying. Taking cover behind stones or sandbags and firing round them, with side of rifle only rested.
15 Snapshooting Figure No. 3 (silhouette) 200 5 Lying. Taking cover as in 14. Exposure, 4 seconds for each shot.
16 Snapshooting Figure No. 3 (silhouette) 200 5 Kneeling. Taking cover in a trench or behind a screen representing a wall and firing over the parapet. Exposure, 5 seconds for each shot.
17 Crossing shot Figure No. 6 (silhouette) 200 5 Lying. One shot at each run of 30 feet. Pace of target—quick time.
Total rounds 60
Part III.—Classification Practices.
18 Grouping 2nd Class Elementary (Bull’s-eye) 100 5 Lying.
19 Snapshooting Figure No. 3 (silhouette) 200 5 Lying. Taking cover as in 7. Bayonet fixed. Exposure, 4 seconds for each shot.
20 Deliberate 2nd Class Figure 400 5 Lying. Taking cover as in 14.
21 Deliberate 2nd Class Figure 300 5 Kneeling. Taking cover as in 16.
22 Rapid 2nd Class Figure 300 15 Lying. 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.
23 Deliberate 1st Class Figure 500 5 Lying.
24 Rapid 1st Class Figure 500 5 Lying. 30 seconds allowed.
25 Deliberate 1st Class Figure 600 5 Taking cover as in 7.
Total rounds 50
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.