RML_6.3_inch_Common_shell_Mk_I_diagram.jpg

Description

Diagram of Mk I common shell for British RML 6.3 inch howitzer .


Rotation is applied by the copper gas-check expanding on firing and engaging with the 20 rifling grooves of the gun barrel.
Date circa 1886
date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source "Treatise on Ammunition" 1887, page 159
Author War Office, UK
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