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Diagram showing British Mark XIV (top) and Mark XIII (bottom) cartridges for QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss gun. These were the latest available rounds as at the beginning of 1915.
Mk XIV Cartridge was designated for Naval service :-

  • Case Mk III of solid drawn brass. Lacqured inside and out with transparent lacquer (standard for Naval service).
  • The percussion cap is of copper and contains 1.2 grains of cap composition.
  • Charge Mk IV is Cordite M.D. size 4 1/4. 8 oz 11 1/2 drams. Cut 9.5 inches long. Two fins 2.5 inches long each contain 1 dram cordite, pass through the charge to keep it centred in the case.
  • Mk VII Igniter contains 4 drams R.F.G.2 powder between 2 disks of shalloon.
  • Mk V Steel Shell shell is forged steel, head nearly 3 calibres radius. Filled with 4 oz QF shell F.G. powder. Painted black. Originally intended for anti-shipping use, not field use.
  • Hotchkiss base percussion fuze.

Mark XIII Cartridge was designated for Land or Naval service :-

  • Mk IV case with No. 2 Mk IV percussion primer.
  • Charge Mk III is Cordite M.D., 8 oz 11 1/2 drams, size 4 1/4.
  • No igniter. The magazine cylinder on the end of the primer acts as an igniter, and fits into the base of the charge and hence holds it in place.

The Case length is 12.087 inches, the complete round is about 19 inches.
Source

Based on Plate LXXXI and Pages 161-162, 395-397, 430-431 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th edition 1915.
Facsimile reprint published by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003.
Date

details correct as at 1 August 1914
Author

War Office, UK
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