manual for commanders of infantry platoons. - US Army Combined ...

M~ANUAL FOB CO~MnMANDERS OF· INFANTRY9 FPLATOONS. :85
.its base re~stingon thke boCttom of the'" dlischaLrgev"~ wthich i~tt~er
is shapeds like a trIunlcatled~ cone. PLoad thle r~ifile w\\ithl a rcy'ula-1C~
tiom12 banll car~t'idGle andt fire.
Advticre andl inlzstriot~ioas Keepe~ the interior· of the ";discharger
" perfectly cle'm 'tad slightly oreazsed. Itemove all rust
froml the bodys of the mrencle. Ome primer· sh-ould~ not projec~t
too farl info the! eanti ii c'mal, a, it mioht; be carr~ied awary by
the 1)alI wTithoult having~ acted ov thle ruse. Shipment to the
armies i:; madec in cases of 100 gl~'il~aadeSi'eady to use. Weight:
of onle casre, 15T4 lbs. &IIctse wTit~hlnnd~es to conta~inl ~20gren-
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. ~arma~ture
Pie. 753.-" Dischag~er " andl V B3 grenauct.
ades, has beenl adopted. Wieight of "discharger"'about; 3~ lbs.
Interior d~iamet~er. 1.013 in. WYeight of the grenaade loaded, 1 lb.,
829 gr~ains. WFeigh~tof charge, 2?os., 50.8 grazins. Period of
combusntion of slowT mnatch, S second~s wcith an allowrance of +1l
second. T'he gradsuall h~eating of th~e rifle by firing increases the
range (about; 20 yards atCan angl~e of 45O). The firing table
below~sis approximuate andI~allowTs for 10 to 15 yazrds devia~tion.
This table~c showis that if the exp~losion takes p~lace 8 seconds
aIfter. firing it occturst at the mlinimum diista~nce als soon as it;
strikres the_ earth, and anbout 2~ seconds after strikingr the earth,
if a~t the maxtimnumcdista~nce.