thought maybe someone in the UK might have some experience?
Iain Stuart schrieb:
> I am doing an assessment of a rifle range that has been in use since 1861. I
> was wondering whether anyone can point to me a source of information on
> rifle range design and practice as my oral history sources have noted that
> ranges used to be different in the past but cannot say how or when. This
> range has a concrete mantlett (concreted by the US Army in WWII) and metal
> target hoists as well as the earthen butt. I have some evidence that the
> mantlet and target hoists might have been introduced on the site in 1880.
>
> There are only 11 rifle ranges on the Register of National Estate in
> Australia but most of them are significant for their remnant natural
> vegetation rather than any military history they may have.
>
> Iain Stuart
> Principal, Archaeology and Heritage Management
> HLA-Envirosciences Pty. Ltd.
geoff carver
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