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Diagram of British QF 12 pounder 12 cwt Cartridges, Mk II and Mk III, 1914. This shows the original separate-loading QF cartridge. Later cartridges were fixed QF.
For use in the following guns :-

Mark II : 2 lb Cordite M.D. size 11. The "Mk V Adapter" allows a V.S. (Vent Sealing) percussion or electric tube to be used for firing, replacing the original electric primer. It is used with cordite cylinder igniters. The "Mk II igniter" consists of 10 drams (10/16 oz) R.F.G. 2 powder in a cylindricsl shalloon bag, stitched to the inside of a cordite cylinder 4 inches long x 1 inch diameter.

Mark III : 2 lb Cordite M.D. size 11. The "Mk VI Adapter" allows V.S. (Vent Sealing) percussion or electric tube to be used for firing, replacing the original electric primer. It is used with metal igniters. The "Mk I igniter" consists of a flanged metal thimble and a hexagonal sheet brass container, sides pierced with flash holes, lined witrh paper, contains 1/2 oz (8 drams) R.F.G. 2 powder (a form of gunpowder).
Source

Plate LXXXVII and Page 441-446, 460 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition, 1915.
Date

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

War Office, UK.
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