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DescriptionBL6inchGunCartridgeMkIII23lb.jpg	Mk III Cordite M.D. (size 16) cartridge for British BL 6 inch Gun, 1914. The charge is made up of 2 1/2 charges laced together. Total 23 lb Cordite M.D. Length of each 1/2 charge 12.75 inches, diameter 5.75 inches. Total length 25.5 inches. For use in the following guns :- BL 6 inch Gun Mk VII & VIII land and Naval service, except on Mk II twin Naval mountings.
Date	1915. Facsimile reprint published by Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press, 2003.
Source	Plate VI & Pages 69, 70, 83. "Treatise on Ammunition" 10th Edition 1915.
Author	War Office, UK.

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