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Description18pdrShrapnelDiagram1.jpg	English: Diagram 1 of Mk VI Shrapnel shell for British 18 pounder field gun, World War I. For dimensions and specifications of components, see also :- Image:18pdrShrapnelDiagram2a.jpg Image:18pdrShrapnelDiagram2b.jpg Component weights : Forged Steel body : 6 lb 5 oz 12 drams Driving band : 4 oz 12 drams Metal socket : 8 oz 8 drams Steel disk : 9 oz 8 drams Brass tube : 2 oz 12 drams Tin cup : 1 oz 12 drams Bullets : approx. 327 @ 41/lb : 7 lb 14 oz 13.5 drams Resin : 13 oz 11 drams Total weight empty unpainted : 16 lb 13 oz 8.5 drams +- 11 drams Bursting charge : 2 oz 8 drams Paint : 5.5 drams Fuze : 1 lb 7 oz 10 drams Total weight : 18 lb 8 oz +- 5 drams
Date	1915
Source	Diagram in "Shrapnel shell manufacture. New York: Industrial Press, 1915" page 252 https://archive.org/details/shrapnelshellman00hamirich
Author	Hamilton, Douglas Thomas Based on British Government ordnance manual
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	01:39, 23 December 2007	1,000 × 1,123 (188 KB)	Rcbutcher	{{Information \|Description=Diagram of British 18 pounder Shrapnel, World War I. \|Source=Diagram in "Handbook of artillery : including mobile, anti-aircraft and trench matériel (1920)" page 252. Based on British Government ordnance manual. \|Date=May 1