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Description	Diagram of British Mk II 5 lb 1 oz 12 drams Cordite cartridge, separate loading, for QF 4 inch Mk IV naval gun. Approximate length of cartridge case is 19 inches. Charge is 5 lbs 1 oz 12 drams Cordite M.D. Size 16. The cartridge is designed so that gases from the fired charge pass unobstructed through the wads to a Night Tracer in the base of the shell, to ignite it.
Date	data correct as at 1 August 1914
Source	Plate XC, pages 451-452, 463 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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