File:QF4inchMkIVGunCartridge5lb1oz12drMkII.jpg
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Diagram of British Mk II 5 lb 1 oz 12 drams Cordite cartridge, separate loading, for QF 4 inch Mk IV naval gun.
The cartridge is designed so that gases from the fired charge pass unobstructed through the wads to a Night Tracer in the base of the shell, to ignite it. |
Date | data correct as at 1 August 1914 |
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Plate XC, pages 451-452, 463 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition 1915. Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003 |
Author | War Office, UK |
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