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Woodcut diagram depicting cast-iron "Boxer" shrapnel shell for British BL 9.2 inch naval gun.
There are 6 longitudinal weakening grooves on the inside of the gunpowder chamber at the base to facilitate the shell breaking up.
The interior of the shell is lined with brown paper and contains 420 2-oz sand shot.


The space between the sand shot is filled with melted rosin.
Date circa 1887
date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source "Treatise on Ammunition" 4th Edition 1887, page 215-216.
Author War Office, UK
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