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Description

Mk I 15 3/4 oz Cordite cartridge for BL & BLC 15 pounder field guns, World War I.
This cartridge was originally designed for use in the BL 12 pounder 7 cwt gun, and renamed for the 15 pdr. This image shows the WWI version, stamped for BL and BLC 15 pdrs.
Length 11.5 inches, diameter 1.9 inches.
Contained 15 3/4 oz Cordite I size 5 and igniter of 2 drams Guncotton yarn at each end.
Source

Treatise on Ammunition 10th Edition, 1915, Pages 67 & 79.
Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum & Naval & Military Press, 2003.
Date

Data correct as at 1 August 1914. Published 1915.
Author

War Office (UK)
Permission
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Crown Copyright expired (50 years)

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