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A range table was a list of angles of elevation a particular artillery gun barrel needed to be set to, to strike a target at a particular distance with a projectile of a particular weight using a propellant cartridge of a particular weight. They were used for several centuries by field and naval gunners of all countries until gradually replaced by computerised fire-control systems beginning in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

(1939 - 1945).

Range table for US 3-inch field gun, models 1902-1905

This gun used a standard "fixed" cartridge with 15-pound shell, hence a single set of tables applied to all its ammunition.

Range table for British 3 inch Stokes Mortar, 1917

Different propellant charges were used to achieve required range, angle of descent and flight time. This is typical of mortars and howitzers.

(Provisional) Range Table For 3-Inch Stokes Mortar, Printed in September 1917.

Cartridge : 95 grains ballistite

Ballistite

Ballistite is a smokeless propellant made from two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. It was developed and patented by Alfred Nobel in the late 19th century.-The development of smokeless powders:...

, reinforced with Charges : 5 grains, guncotton yarn

Rings : 110 grains, .3 mm flake cordite

Cordite

Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in the United Kingdom from 1889 to replace gunpowder as a military propellant. Like gunpowder, cordite is classified as a low explosive because of its slow burning rates and consequently low brisance...

Projectile : Bomb, 10 lb. 11 oz

	Cartridge Only		1 Ring		2 Rings		3 Rings		4 Rings
	Range	Time of Flight	Range	Time of Flight	Range	Time of Flight	Range	Time of Flight	Range	Time of Flight
degs	yds	secs	yds	secs	yds	secs	yds	secs	yds	secs
45	240	7·1	420	9·6	550	11·6	660	13·2	800	15·0
50	233	7·6	411	10·4	538	12·5	649	14·3	780	16·2
52	228	7·8	404	10·7	530	12·9	639	14·7	767	16·6
54	222	8·0	395	10·9	518	13·2	626	15·1	748	17·0
56	215	8·2	384	11·2	503	13·5	608	15·4	726	17·4
58	207	8·4	371	11·4	486	13·8	589	15·8	701	17·8
60	197	8·5	357	11·7	467	14·1	567	16·1	672	18·2
61	193	8·6	349	11·8	457	14·3	554	16·3	656	18·4
62	187	8·7	340	11·9	445	14·4	542	16·4	640	18·5
63	182	8·8	332	12·0	434	14·5	528	16·6	623	18·7
64	176	8·8	323	12·1	422	14·6	514	16·7	605	18·8
65	170	8·9	313	12·2	409	14·8	499	16·9	586	19·0
66	164	9·0	303	12·3	396	14·9	483	17·0	567	19·1
67	158	9·0	292	12·4	383	15·0	468	17·1	547	19·2
68	152	9·1	281	12·5	369	15·1	451	17·2	526	19·4
69	145	9·2	270	12·5	354	15·2	434	17·4	505	19·5
70	138	9·2	259	12·6	339	15·3	416	17·5	483	19·6
71	131	9·2	247	12·7	324	15·4	398	17·6	460	19·7
72	124	9·3	235	12·8	308	15·5	379	17·7	437	19·8
73	117	9·3	223	12·9	292	15·5	360	17·8	413	19·9
74	109	9·4	210	12·9	275	15·6	340	17·9	389	20·0
75	102	9·4	197	13·0	259	15·7	320	18·0	364	20·1

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