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The projectile consists of a hollow steel forging with a boattail base, a streamlined ogive, and gliding metal rotating band, The projectile cavity is filled with cast White Phosphorous (WP). A steel nose adapter, having a female fuze thread, with a press fitted burster casing, is threaded into the nose of the projectile providing a seal for the filler. A burster charge is placed inside the burster casing and a fuze is threaded into the adapter. The cartridge case contains a percussion primer assembly and seven individually bagged and numbered propelling charge increments. The base of the cartridge case is drilled and the primer assembly pressed into the base. The percussion primer assembly consists of a percussion ignition element and a perforated flash tube containing black powder. The seven numbered increment bags are tied together. These are assembled into the cartridge case around the primer.
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