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inclination, but they can: not: %inthisi wa~5tbe discharged at an
angle of 500 and. there will be great variations in range and in
di~rection.
Illumina~ting carteridge osf 25 millimeter (1 inch) writh paraY
Illute,-i~au bras;ls ca~ etridgfe. case, ofaI libel~ 4 shotguzns of about
2~5.7 ii~(1.1 n inch) disenga~ging~ at 136 yards a star paradchute
that burtlns30) selicnds.
The illuminanting cartridge is fired · from · a 25 millimreter (1;
Inch) rocket; gun wrefghing$ 5.72 p~ountds. It Is a. breech-loadin~gr
gun ;that work~s like a L~egazuchieux and that m~us~t be kept. olectl
It is po~inted at an elevatlion of about 500 in order to obtain th~e
de~lred height; that is to say, such~ that the star will no rie~ach
the g9·roundbefore it: has been enltirely consumedt. The star
posm;:sses ~incendiary pr·operties.
Illumninating$st$r 25,-lluminatin g cartridg~e without: para·
chute; samle calIbier as the illuminating -cartridge (with parachute)
; is firedl fromn the sam11e gun or fromn a less cumbersome$
Special pistol. ITt is an exp~editious lighting appliance, loosedj
W~iththe least susp~icions nois~e. It lights instantaneously rnud
surprises the enemry. Thie cartridg~e Is 3.i94inchtes long; the star
is lighted at about 50 yards fram3 its point of dep~arture and
illuminies for six seconds while falling.
Illuminatinrg grentade,-A cardboardpellet the siz~e of a. tenlnis
ball, supplied with a 3Bickford~ fuse sand filled writh an illulminazting
compositioin. It is lighted at the end of the Bickfordl fuse
like a Swedish mnatch (safety m~atch) by means of a special
-rubbner. .The ball is: thrown by hand and lights for one uinute
the~neiashborhood of the point where it falls.
Illumlinating bomb.-Alrecent appliance, iintendedl ·to replace
thie illuminating r·ock·et,over which it has the advantage of being
invi~sible until the moment of lighting the sta~r; on the other ha~nd,
,the lumninou~s train of the rocket discloses the point: from which-r
it is fired and warZlns the enemny that he is going t"obe lighted u~p:
The illuminatingr bomb is a feathered mnetallic cylinder contain~
lug both parachute and star.. Diameter, 1.91: inchles. The star is
lighted byi a sp3ecially arranged percussion lighting device. under
a diaphragmn, not p3ermlitting: any light to esattpe from the base. of
:The bomnb. ,The bomlb is projected ~fr·om . a special gun ogrbyt
mneans of the V 'B ";discharger," but with aLspecial `blanke cartridtge.
Duration of illumination, 20 to 25 seconds.