Applied minor tactics (including map problems and the war game) map reading and map sketching (1912)
Moss, James Alfred, 1872- [from old catalog] · Washington, D.C. [National capital press, inc.] sales agents, The U. S. Infantry association; [etc., etc.] · leaf 33
toft. — too ft Figure 14. 3d. A slope is said to be one on one ( \ ), two on three, ( | ), etc., whenone unit horizontal corresponds to 1 vertical; three horizontal correspond 20 CHAPTER I. to two vertical, etc. The numerator usually refers to the vertical dis-tance, and the denominator to the… … Figure 15. Degrees of slope are usually used in military matters; percentages areoften used for roads, almost always of railroads; gradients are used ofsteep slopes, and usually of dimensions of trenches. EFFECT OF SLOPE ON MOVEMENTS. 60 degrees or-\ inaccessible for Infantry; 45 degrees or \…
Maps, Military · Tactics · War games
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