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Mk I 15 3/4 oz Cordite cartridge for BL & BLC 15 pounder field guns, World War I.
This cartridge was originally designed for use in the BL 12 pounder 7 cwt gun, and renamed for the 15 pdr. This image shows the pre-WWI version, marked for use with BL and BLC 15 pdrs.
Length 11.5 inches, diameter 1.9 inches.

Contained 15 3/4 oz Cordite I size 5 and igniter of 2 drams Guncotton yarn at each end.
Date Data correct as at 1 August 1914. Published 1915.
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Treatise on Ammunition 10th Edition, 1915, Pages 67 & 79.

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