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DescriptionQF12pdrLydditeShellMkIIMkIII.jpg	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 :- QF 12 pounder 8 cwt (navy landing gun) QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun QF 14 pounder naval gun
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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