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English: Diagram 1 of Mk VI Shrapnel shell for British 18 pounder field gun, World War I.

For dimensions and specifications of components, see also :-

Component weights :

  • Forged Steel body : 6 lb 5 oz 12 drams
  • Driving band : 4 oz 12 drams
  • Metal socket : 8 oz 8 drams
  • Steel disk : 9 oz 8 drams
  • Brass tube : 2 oz 12 drams
  • Tin cup : 1 oz 12 drams
  • Bullets : approx. 327 @ 41/lb : 7 lb 14 oz 13.5 drams
  • Resin : 13 oz 11 drams
  • Total weight empty unpainted : 16 lb 13 oz 8.5 drams +- 11 drams
  • Bursting charge : 2 oz 8 drams
  • Paint : 5.5 drams
  • Fuze : 1 lb 7 oz 10 drams
  • Total weight : 18 lb 8 oz +- 5 drams
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Diagram in "Shrapnel shell manufacture. New York: Industrial Press, 1915" page 252


https://archive.org/details/shrapnelshellman00hamirich
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Hamilton, Douglas Thomas


Based on British Government ordnance manual
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