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Summary
Diagram of British Mk IX QF 12 pounder <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell" class="extiw" title="en:Shrapnel shell">Shrapnel shell</a>, Naval service, 1918.
Shell length 8.12 inch, diameter 2.98 inches.
Contained 227 bullets (41/lb).
Weight filled anf fuzed 12.5 lbs.
The shell is of the modern shrapnel generation of 1914 :-
- with a separate base which screws into the shell
- has 2-inch fuze hole instead of previous 1-inch G.S. fuze hole
- the bursting charge is in the form of compressed pellets of gunpowder
- the central tube is filled with powder pellets to increase dispersal of the bullets, which also takes over the role of the previous primer.
For use in the following guns :-
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_12_pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun">QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun</a>
- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_12_pounder_18_cwt_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun">QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun</a>
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| current | 13:47, 6 January 2017 | | 674 × 1,000 (104 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Diagram of British Mk IX QF 12 pounder <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell" class="extiw" title="en:Shrapnel shell">Shrapnel shell</a>, Naval service, 1918.<br> Shell length 8.12 inch, diameter 2.98 inches.<br> Contained 227 bullets (41/lb).<br> Weight filled anf fuzed 12.5 lbs.<br> The shell is of the modern shrapnel generation of 1914 :- </p> <ul> <li>with a separate base which screws into the shell</li> <li>has 2-inch fuze hole instead of previous 1-inch G.S. fuze hole</li> <li>the bursting charge is in the form of compressed pellets of gunpowder</li> <li>the central tube is filled with powder pellets to increase dispersal of the bullets, which also takes over the role of the previous primer.</li> </ul> <p>For use in the following guns :- </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_12_pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun">QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_12_pounder_18_cwt_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun">QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun</a></li> </ul> |
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