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Diagram of British QF 3 inch Shrapnel Shell Mk I with tracer, 1914.
Intended for anti-aircraft use with QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun.
The day tracer liquid is a mixture of turpentine and aniline dye. An optional external night tracer may be screwed into the base.
The shell is of forged steel, in 2 parts screwed together, with a set screw to prevent unscrewing.
Contains approximately 79 bullets, 41/lb. Bursting charge is 1 1/4 oz F.G. powder. The provision for the night tracer limited available space and weight for bullets.
Shell weight 12 1/2 lb. Total round weight 20 lb 11 oz 14 drams.
Fuze specified (1914) : No. 84
See Image:QF3inchShrapnelCartridgeMkI.jpg for complete fixed round.
Mk II shrapnel shell omitted provision for the night tracer and hence had room for 83 bullets.
Source

Plate XXVI & Pages 178 & 412-413, 436 in "Treatise on Ammunition", 10th Edition 1915.
Date

Data correct as at 1 August 1914. Published 1915. Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003.
Author

War Office, UK.
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