Modern surgery, general and operative . begins to loseits steadiness of flight about 1000 yards from the muzzle of the rifle. The Danger Zone.—Owing to the fact that the trajectory is a curved lineelevation must be given to rifles except at point-blank range, and the degree ofelevation must be increased according to the range. Point-blank range for aSpringfield is up to 718 yards. By this term is meant that when a gun is aimedhorizontally the entire course of the bullet up to 718 yards is dangerous forinfantry. For longer ranges the rifle must be elevated and the bullet shot intothe air, Sight
Modern surgery, general and operative . begins to loseits steadiness of flight about 1000 yards from the muzzle of the rifle. The Danger Zone.—Owing to the fact that the trajectory is a curved lineelevation must be given to rifles except at point-blank range, and the degree ofelevation must be increased according to the range. Point-blank range for aSpringfield is up to 718 yards. By this term is meant that when a gun is aimedhorizontally the entire course of the bullet up to 718 yards is dangerous forinfantry. For longer ranges the rifle must be elevated and the bullet shot intothe air, Sighted at 2000 yards the Snider sent a bullet 866 feet above the line Wounds in War Inflicted bv Rifle-bullets 287 of sight; the Martini-Henry sighted at the same range, 357 feet; the Lee-Enfieldat the same range, 194 feet. It becomes evident that when a rifle is elevated thebullet rises far above a mans head, and continues to rise to what is known asthe culminating point, w^hen it begins to descend. It does not become dangerous S B c d. Fig. 126.—Trajectories in vacuo and in air (Stevenson). to men until it gets near to the earth. The point at which it becomes dangerousto cavalr} is called the point of first catch for cavalry (Fig. 127). The point atwhich it becomes dangerous for infantrv- is called the point of first catch forinfantry (Fig. 127). The dangerous zone (Fig. 127) is from the point of first
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