| Case: |
| Length: 29.25 inches. |
| Diameter of base: 6.69 inches. |
| Material: Brass. |
| Weight (empty): 27.0 pounds. |
| Propellant: |
| 37 DC 18.94 pounds (8.140 kg.). |
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Unperforated cylindrical sticks approximately 1/8 in. by 26 in. of
graphited double-base powder.
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| The propellant sticks are enclosed in a bag of heavy brownish silk. |
| Primer: Mk 1 case percussion primer Model 4. |
| Weapon in which used: Type 41 (Meiji) 15 cm/40 gun (low angle). |
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This, like many other Japanese Navy guns, is a copy of a British design,
and guns manu-factured by Armstromg-Withworth have been found emplaced together with pieces of Japanese manufacture. It is a pedestal-mounted
deck gun, commonly found with a par-tially enclosing splinter shield
attached. The breech block is an interrupted thread plug, mounted to
swing to the right.
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Figure 407 – 15-cm (152-mm) (6-Inch) Complete Round
(Semifixed). |
