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Diagrams of rounds for British 18-pounder field gun available as at 1939.


'Reduced' means a reduced propelling charge. Older rounds were also available. Fuze No 115 was a streamlined version of No 106. The armour-piercing shell had a base fuze, No 12.
Date circa. 1936-1939
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War Office ordnance manual.


Originally uploaded to EN Wikipedia as en:File:18-pr rds 1939.jpg by en:User:Nfe 16 January 2010.
Author War Office, UK
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