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Artillery Ammunition in the Crimea |
 | | On the Alma battlefield, bodies were found of 14-15 Russian infantrymen killed by one roundshot alone, going right through the centre of their bodies near the waist - a complete file of men shown to have been hit from behind as all were lying across each other, face down. |
 | | Roundshot ranged out to 1000 yards, but this could be doubled by ricochet, ideally slightly downhill, though not steeply down, on firm ground. |
 | | If roundshot was accurate, the explosive shell had traditionally suffered from lack of accuracy, due to unreliable fuse burning times. |
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