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Diagrams of gunpowder cartridges for British BL 6 inch 80 pounder gun.

  • Top : Internal layout of full charge cartridge containing 34 pounds "P" gunpowder. The bag is of silk cloth. At the base (i.e. breech end) is a zinc cone with a tube running through to the centre of the cartridge. Just before the end of the tube is 1 oz of F.G. Powder enclosed in a shalloon bag. At the end of the tube is a wooden point pierced with holes. On firing the gun, the flash from the percussion tube in the breechlock proceeds through the zinc tube to the centre of the cartridge, the 1 oz F.G. charge ignites and this fire proceeds through the holes in the wooden plug and ignites the main charge.
  • Middle : External view of 34-pound "P" gunpowder full charge cartridge.
  • Bottom : External view of 25-pound "P" gunpowder reduced charge cartridge.
Date circa 1886
date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source "Treatise on Ammunition" 4th Edition 1887, page 33-34.
Author War Office, UK
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