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Description

Diagram of 7 oz 9 dram Cordite cartridge for British BL 2.75 inch mountain gun.
Length 4.9 inches, diameter 2 inches.
7 oz 9 drams Cordite size 7 1/2. 3 drams S.F.G.2 igniter at each end.
Source

Plate IV & Page 78 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition 1915.
Facsimile reprint 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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