14-cm (140-mm) (5.5-Inch) Cartridge Case (Semifixed)15-cm (152-mm) (6-Inch) Common (Ordinary Mod 1)
Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition
Chapter 5 - Section 1
NAVY PROJECTILES
15-cm (152-mm) (6-Inch) Complete Round (Semifixed)
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.).

Unperforated cylindrical sticks approximately 1/8 in. by 26 in. of graphited double-base powder.

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).

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.

Figure 407 – 15-cm (152-mm) (6-Inch) Complete Round (Semifixed).

14-cm (140-mm) (5.5-Inch) Cartridge Case (Semifixed)15-cm (152-mm) (6-Inch) Common (Ordinary Mod 1)