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Diagram of 11 oz 7 drams Cordite I cartridge Mk V, for BL 5 inch howitzer.
Cartridge is for 50-lb shell.
Length 2.8 inches, diameter 3.84 inches.
The core consists of 3 oz 12 drams Cordite size 3 3/4, about 7 feet long, twisted into shape and secured with silk sewing.
Each of the 3 rings consists of 2 oz 9 drams cordite.
The igniter consists of 8 drams S.F.G. 2 powder in 4 compartments.


The becket of silk sewing attached to the base facilitates withdrawing the cartridge from its silk cloth cover.
Date data correct as at 1 August 1914
Source Plate XIV, pages 96,97, 100 in "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition 1915.
Author War Office, UK
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