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Description: Diagram of British BL or QF 6 inch Shrapnel shell Mk IX, for gun or howitzer, 1909. Land or Naval use. Length : 18.582 inches, diameter : 5.97 inches, weight filled & fuzed 100 lb 8 oz. Has 1 inch G.S. fuze socket. Described as "Composite socket type". Body is of cast steel. Central tube is of brass with narrow orrifice. Head has wood lining, body has paper lining. A felt washer covers the bullets and prevents resin from working into fuze socket, where it might prevent ignition. 453 balls, 14/lb, 4:1 lead:antimony. For use in the following guns : BL 6 inch Gun Mk 7 BL 6 inch Gun Mk XI QF 6 inch gun BL 6 inch 30 cwt Howitzer
Title: BL6inchShrapnelShellMkIXDiagram
Credit: Plate XXVIII, pages 181, 189 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition, 1915. Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military press, 2003.
Author: War Office, UK
Permission: Crown Copyright expired (50 years)
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License: Public domain
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