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Description: Diagram of British QF 12 & 14 pounder Common pointed shell Mk II (C). Made of cast steel, head is 2 c.r. Length 11.84 inches, diameter 2.98 inches. Weight 12.5 lbs fuzed & filled. Filled with "P Mixture" (black powder), or "Shell, Q.F." and "Shell, F.G.". Uses base percussion Fuze medium No. 12 Painted black for both Land and Naval service. May be fired from any 12 or 14 pounder gun :- BL 12 pounder 6 cwt QF 12 pounder 8 cwt QF 12 pounder 12 cwt QF 12 pounder 18 cwt QF 14 pounder
Title: QF12&14pdrCPMkIIShellDiagram
Credit: Plate XIX, Pages 162, 163, 164 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition 1915. Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press 2003.
Author: War Office, UK
Permission: Crown Copyright expired (50 years)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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