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Diagram of Common Lyydite Mk IV shell for British BL 5 inch Howitzer.
Filling : Lyddite (a form of picric acid).
Length 18.225 inches, diameter 4.97 inches. Weight filled & fuzed : 50 lbs.


Filling : 9 lb 11 ¾ oz Lyddite + 4 ¼ oz picric powder exploder.
Date circa 1905
date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source scanned by Patrick Rushmere, from "Handbook for the 5-inch B.L. Howitzer", 1905
Author War Office, UK
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