British medical journal . great the difference may bo is shown by the factmentioned by Stevenson, that whereas the bullet from thoMartini-Henry rifle sighted for 1,500 yards rose to 178 the Hue of .sight, the Lee-Enfield rose to onlyslightly over 81 ft. The following table gives particulars of the French,British, and German service rifle ammunition: Name. CO a 2 3 d 0 •§3 Velocity () at- Nation. Muz.^Ie. 500 yds. 1,000 yds. French Lebel in. in. .315 2,380 1,639 British aik. VII .303 174 1,510 1,020 German ... Spitzo .311 1,780 1,090
British medical journal . great the difference may bo is shown by the factmentioned by Stevenson, that whereas the bullet from thoMartini-Henry rifle sighted for 1,500 yards rose to 178 the Hue of .sight, the Lee-Enfield rose to onlyslightly over 81 ft. The following table gives particulars of the French,British, and German service rifle ammunition: Name. CO a 2 3 d 0 •§3 Velocity () at- Nation. Muz.^Ie. 500 yds. 1,000 yds. French Lebel in. in. .315 2,380 1,639 British aik. VII .303 174 1,510 1,020 German ... Spitzo .311 1,780 1,090 Both the German and British bullets consist of a centralcore of hardened lead with a hard sheath of an alloy of Dec. 5, 1914J ARROWS FROM AEROPLANES. [The 991 nickel open at tlie base. The French bullet is a solid mass ofbiouze (90 per cent, copper) with a circular groove where thecartridge case is clipped on to it. All the bullets are sharp-nosed, but the German is much sharper-nosed than the. British. German. French. CiRTRIDGES WITH BULLETS. Belgian. others. The bullet origiually used by the Belgians is of theGame type as the Gerraau or British, but has a flat nose; theyare said now to be using French ammunition. The object ofthe cylindrical form, pointed nose, and more or less slopingshoulder of the modern bullet is to diminish the effect ofthe resistance of the air. The object of using a nickel
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