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Description: Diagram of 11 oz 7 drams Cordite I cartridge Mk V, for BL 5 inch howitzer. Cartridge is for 50-lb shell. Length 2.8 inches, diameter 3.84 inches. The core consists of 3 oz 12 drams Cordite size 3 3/4, about 7 feet long, twisted into shape and secured with silk sewing. Each of the 3 rings consists of 2 oz 9 drams cordite. The igniter consists of 8 drams S.F.G. 2 powder in 4 compartments. The becket of silk sewing attached to the base facilitates withdrawing the cartridge from its silk cloth cover.
Title: BL5inchHowitzerCartridge11oz7dramMkV
Credit: Plate XIV, pages 96,97, 100 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition 1915.
Author: War Office, UK
Permission: Crown Copyright expired (50 years)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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