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Diagram of British 63 1/2 lb 1/4 charge Cordite cartridge for BL 12 inch Mk IX naval guns of King Edward VII class.
63 1/2 lbs Cordite M.D. size 45.


Length 18.8 inches, diameter 10.4 inches.
Date data correct as at 1 August 1914
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Plate XI & Page 92 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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