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Diagram of British shell, 12 inch Mk VIIA Common Pointed with Cap (CPC), 1912, Naval service.
Has specially hardened point, intended for armour penetration and also carries large bursting charge. "Semi-armour-piercing".
Due to possibility of cracks from hardening process, bursting charge is enclosed in a copper container, which also necessitates a removable base for the shell.
Takes Base percussion fuze large, bronze, No. 15.
Length 49.2 inches, diameter 11.965 inches, weight filled & fuzed 850 lbs.
For use with the following naval guns :

Date data correct as at 1 August 1914
Source

Plate XX, pages 163, 167 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition 1915.


Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003.
Author War Office, UK
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