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Summary
Australian War Memorial Exhibit ID Number: REL31803 Title: 13 pounder Projectile with No 80/44 Time Fuze Maker: Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd Place made: United Kingdom: England Date made: c 1905 Physical Description: Quick Fire 13 Pounder artillery projectile with Number 80/44 fuze as used by the 13 Pounder Quick Fire Mark 1 Gun during the First World War. The body of the shell is made from forged steel and has been oil hardened and anealed. The shell is painted black and there is a copper driving band at the base of the projectile. There is a Number 80/40 Mark V/L time fuse screwed in to the head of the projectile. The fuze is made from brass and features a graduated time ring which has been damaged on one side. The projectile has been fired as the copper driving band has been engraved by barrel rifling. Markings - projectile - 13 PR; VMS; 649; BROAD ARROW MARK. Markings - fuze - no manufacturer marks visible; INCH DIVISIONS ON THE TIME RING. Measurements: Diameter of projectile: 82 (mm); Length of projectile: 278 (mm); Weight of projectile: 5.9 (kg)

Licensing
Copyright: AWM copyright Fair use rationale : Single use to illustrate the object in question - WWI Shrapnel shell for the 13 pdr gun. No equivalent free colour photograph being available. Version used here is of greatly diminished size and quality. Historically significant. This is an image of an exhibit held by a museum. Use of the image is not likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media - the museum exhibit is the item of value, not its image.