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Diagram of British Mk IV Shrapnel round for QF 2.95 inch Mountain Gun, 1914.
Propellant charge : 5 1/4 oz Cordite, size 5. Igniter of 4 drams S.F.G.2 powder. Paper cylinder between charge and shell, 2.65 inches long. Cartridge case Mk III.
Primer : No. 4 Percussion primer.
Shell : Mk II. forged steel body, 1.5 Calibres Radius Head. G.S. fuze hole. Wood block fitted inside head. 203 lead-antimony bullets, 41/lb. Length 9.075 inches. Diameter 2.941 inches. Weight filled & fuzed 12.5 lb.
Fuze No 56, 60, 63 or 65.
Source

Figure 137, Page 415, 416, 438, 186 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition, 1915.
Date

1915. Facsimile reprint published by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003.
Author

War Office, UK.
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