John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 107

• March 29, 2017 01:30:32 Cheryl Ellsworth

  Note

       The ammunition is fired and a complete round consists

  of a cartridge case with a percussion primer, charge, shrapnel

  shell and fuze.

  The case is of solid drawn brass slightly tapered towards

  the mouth, and has a hole in the base screwed and recessed

  to take a percussion primer, the cases are black lacquered

  (formerly dulled) so as to render them as inconspicuous as

  possible.

       The charge consists of a 1 lb 6 15/16 oz bundle of

  cordite M.D size 8, recessed at one end to fit over the

  primer and the boss of the case, and the other end being

  in contact with the base of the shell

  The Mark III

       Shrapnel shell has a steel body with a recess

  in the base to contain a tin cup for bursting charge, the

  head of the shell is struck with a radius of two diameters

  and is fitted with a 2" brass fuze socket. A brass

  tube containing perforated powder pellets conveys the flash

  of the fuze to the bursting charge. one end of the fuze

  being fitted into the fuze socket, the other being screwed

  into a steel disc placed over the tin cup

  P.J.Q

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