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Diagram of British 6 inch Common Lyddite shell Mk XII A.Q.N.T. for Naval service.
A denotes 4 c.r. head.
Q denotes shell is of stronger design than previous Marks, for use in Mk XII gun.
NT denotes shell is fitted with a night tracer in base. Shell has large base plate.
Length 21.4 inches, diameter 5.97 inches, weight filled & fuzed 100 lbs.
Total bursting charge 10 lbs 15 oz, which includes 5 drams TNT exploder.
For use in the following guns :
Source

Plate XXXVI, Pages 208, 220 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition, 1915.
Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003
Date

data correct as at 1 August 1914
Author

War Office, UK
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