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Description

Diagram of British QF 3 inch Mk I (12.5 lb) Shrapnel shell and cartridge, 1914.
As used by QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun.
The propellant charge is 2 lb 7 6/16 oz of Cordite M.D., Size 11.
Total weight of complete cartridge is 20 lb 11 oz 14 drams.
See Image:QF3inchShrapnel&TracerMkIShellDiagram.jpg for larger image of shell.
Source

Plate LXXXV & Page 412-413, 436 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition, 1915.
Date

1915. Facsimile reprint published by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003.
Author

War Office, UK.
Permission
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