SNOW RAMPARVS IN WAR.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 2710, 24 July 1891, Page 4

SNOW RAMPARVS IN WAR.

A short time ago experiments were made in Russia, at the suggestion of a German engineer, as to the resisting power of snow walls against artillery. Two walls of snow were built up, and fired against at a distance of 600 yards by field artillery. The balls penetrated to a distnnce of only 18 feet into the wails. Of course, in case of war, the wall would not have to bo built so thick, as the artillery would naturally be at longer range. The Russians hove also been recently trying infantry firing at snow walls. The men of the Blst Apseheron Infantry Regiment, uuder the superintendence of General Count Boref, built a wall about 50 feet long, 18 feet thick, and 4£ fret high. Behind the wall were placed, at equal intervals, four targets, at each or which four volleys were fired, at distances of SOO, 400, 200, and 100 steps. The penetrating powers of the volleys were at 100! steps, 9 feet ; at 200 steps, 5 feet 7 inches ; at 400 steps. 4 feet 7 inches ; and at 800 steps, 4 feet. This proves that in war operations during winter snow could be used with great advantage as shelter for troops.

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