There were weeks in August and September when the allowance of shells dropped to two and even one round per 18-pounder a day, with heavier calibres proportionately rationed.
War rockets; calibres employed; body of the rocket; arrangement of the stick.
The cylinder-gauge shall have the same diameter as the large gauge, made of cast iron, and three calibres in length.
The cartridge-bags are the same as those prescribed for similar calibres of smooth-bore guns.
The service charges for the different calibres and classes of naval smooth-bore guns now used in the Navy are as follows, and the cartridges are to be filled accordingly, viz.
In the largestcalibres the interior orifice is lined with platinum.
The battery emplacements had long been finished, and with the dawn of the new year 100 guns of the largest calibres stood ready to open fire on the south front of Paris.
As the calibres of the Russian artillery do not correspond with those of the Allies, it was decided unanimously that in the valuation of the guns they should only estimate the value of the metal, which was fixed at 2f.
In the smaller calibres and in short-barrelled pistols a finer grain of powder should be used; the fine-grain powder is also better for light charges.
These and even larger calibreswere also made for the cavalrymen in the service.
The arm was formerly constructed in calibres from .
The frame permits of barrels of different calibres being fitted into one action, in the Lord or Conlin model.
This may be fitted with compartments for various calibres and loads.
I prefer wooden rods as less apt to spoil the rifling, but the very narrow calibres require a metal rod (soft metal for preference), as the wood would have to be too thin and would be liable to break in the bore.
It is also well to have a cleaning kit with wooden not metal (except for calibres of .
This town is a sister in misfortune to Ypres, but the destruction was even more complete because it was almost in the front line, and shells of all calibres dropped in it well-nigh continuously day and night.
Every yard of this ground was subjected to a continuous creeping shrapnel barrage lasting for almost three hours, while moving steadily ahead of this was a terrific bombardment by all calibres from 4.
The limit seems to be about 50 calibres or, in other words, fifty times the diameter of the bore.
Over fifty guns of all calibres roared and crackled for a minute or so, and a brief hurricane of shell swept across the stony plain between the harbour and the works.
Guns of allcalibres on both sides burst, killing those who used them, but doing no damage to the enemy.
The calibres are not given officially, but stated in private letters to be 18-pounders and 32-pounders.
That the fort did no greater damage to the ships than it received from them, proves no more than that its fire was quite as illy directed, and the calibres too low.
Over 100 guns of all calibres and hundreds of machine guns and trench mortars have been taken.
That mighty artillery eruption came from a concentration of all the guns of all calibres of all the Allies that Foch could muster.
This class of ammunition is especially useful for the smaller calibres of guns, such as 3-pr.
For small guns the bullets are made of lead and antimony--like shrapnel bullets--while for larger calibres they are of cast iron weighing from two ounces to three and a half pounds each.
There is great variety in the length and diameter of cartridges for the different kinds and calibres of rifles and pistols.
Howitzers of various calibres up to 6-inch as well as the field-guns took part in these retaliatory shoots, according to the ammunition supply.
As a result, the crowded canal banks received a large daily ration of shell of all calibres up to 11-inch.
Common shell, from 2-1/2 to 3 calibres long, contains an explosive only.
This description is of a typical large gun, and may be applied to all calibres and also to the larger quick-firers.
The Wasp had been a ship from the beginning, mounted the number of guns she rated (of the same calibres as the Hornet's) and carried some ten men less.
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