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Thanks for clearing that up, Baldy! That's some good info on the range cards.

Two older versions of the Australian plastic range card:

sorry to say but thats not rigth about the british
target on the box.
it migth be used as a range card,but when ariving to a new
clima/temerature in a other part of the world you
have to zero your rifle.
i have learned this when i used to be a leason for the
royal marines here in norway.

norge

norge wrote:sorry to say but thats not rigth about the british
target on the box.

Then why does it say 'range card', 'method of determining range', 'made out by' etc?

Hi Baldy,
I've never seen that kind of cards in the French Army but what you describe is very similar to our "ZMSPCP" command:
zone, mission, secteur, point particulier, conduite à tenir, place du chef. (Zone, Mission, Sector (eg. left & right limits), Particular points( dead zones, allies, etc.), Behavior (fire opening, etc.), Location of the leader).

method of determining range=laser range finder,tape mesure.
made out by=color sgt green.

when training with the royal marines i have never ever seen
any soldier use those for other use other than zeroing theyre rifles
when ariving to a new clima/country....

cheers norge

norge wrote:method of determining range=laser range finder,tape mesure.
made out by=color sgt green.

I know what those things mean. I was asking a rhetorical question: why would such words be printed on the box if it wasn't intended as a range card?

norge wrote:when training with the royal marines i have never ever seen
any soldier use those for other use other than zeroing theyre rifles
when ariving to a new clima/country....

I believe you - I originally wrote: 'I'm not saying they've never been used as [targets]'. I'm just saying the side of the ration box was originally intended as a range card, no matter what other uses have been found for it. Let's just drop it, OK?

NO no problem

im not making this into a big problem
norge