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Diagram of British QF 12 pounder Common Lyddite Shells Mk III & Mk II, 1914.
These represent early Marks of Lyddite shell, filled "solid", with TNT exploders in the nose instead of picric powder.
Shell length 9.57 inches, diameter 2.98 inches. Weight filled & fuzed 12 1/2 lb. 1 inch G.S. fuze socket.
Mk II was for Naval use. Total explosive filling 1 lb 1 1/2 oz. including TNT exploders. Base plate, Straight cavity walls.
Mk III was for Land and Naval use. Total explosive filling 1 lb 5 oz. including TNT exploders. Base plate, Tapered cavity walls.
Mk II & Mk III for use with the following guns :-

Date 1915. Facsimile reprint by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003.
Source Plate XXXIX & Pages 209, 213 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th edition, 1915.
Author War Office, UK.
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