File:BL6inchShrapnelShellMkIXDiagram.jpg
Summary
Diagram of British BL or QF 6 inch <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell" class="extiw" title="en:Shrapnel shell">Shrapnel shell</a> Mk IX, for gun or howitzer, 1909. Land or Naval use.
Length : 18.582 inches, diameter : 5.97 inches, weight filled & fuzed 100 lb 8 oz.
Has 1 inch G.S. fuze socket.
Described as "Composite socket type".
Body is of cast steel. Central tube is of brass with narrow orrifice.
Head has wood lining, body has paper lining.
A felt washer covers the bullets and prevents resin from working into fuze socket, where it might prevent ignition.
453 balls, 14/lb, 4:1 lead:antimony.
For use in the following guns :
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_6_inch_naval_gun_Mk_7" class="extiw" title="en:BL 6 inch naval gun Mk 7">BL 6 inch Gun Mk 7</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_6_inch_Mk_XI_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:BL 6 inch Mk XI naval gun">BL 6 inch Gun Mk XI</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_6_inch_Mk_I_-_III_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:QF 6 inch Mk I - III naval gun">QF 6 inch gun</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_inch_30_cwt_howitzer" class="extiw" title="en:6 inch 30 cwt howitzer">BL 6 inch 30 cwt Howitzer</a>
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| current | 09:30, 14 January 2017 | | 621 × 1,000 (122 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Diagram of British BL or QF 6 inch <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell" class="extiw" title="en:Shrapnel shell">Shrapnel shell</a> Mk IX, for gun or howitzer, 1909. Land or Naval use. <br>Length : 18.582 inches, diameter : 5.97 inches, weight filled & fuzed 100 lb 8 oz. <br>Has 1 inch G.S. fuze socket. <br>Described as "Composite socket type". <br>Body is of cast steel. Central tube is of brass with narrow orrifice. <br>Head has wood lining, body has paper lining. <br>A felt washer covers the bullets and prevents resin from working into fuze socket, where it might prevent ignition. <br>453 balls, 14/lb, 4:1 lead:antimony. <br>For use in the following guns : </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_6_inch_naval_gun_Mk_7" class="extiw" title="en:BL 6 inch naval gun Mk 7">BL 6 inch Gun Mk 7</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_6_inch_Mk_XI_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:BL 6 inch Mk XI naval gun">BL 6 inch Gun Mk XI</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_6_inch_Mk_I_-_III_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:QF 6 inch Mk I - III naval gun">QF 6 inch gun</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_inch_30_cwt_howitzer" class="extiw" title="en:6 inch 30 cwt howitzer">BL 6 inch 30 cwt Howitzer</a></li> </ul> |
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