Note 137 — THE FORMAL TACTICS OF INFANTRY. (continued 3)
Walter Krueger translation
Professor Rziha ascertained the following diminution of the length of a pace at different degrees of slope:
Descending slope, degrees. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Length of pace in cm. 77 70 62 56 50 45 30
Number of paces per 100 m. 129 143 161 179 200 222 333
Ascending slope, degrees. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Length of pace in cm. 77 74 72 70 67 60 50
Number of paces per 100 m. 120 135 138 143 148 166 200
According to Major Czerny, Austrian Army (Treffwahrscheinlichkeit, in Streffleur, 1906, II), the error may be as much as 16 per cent of the range.