Tubes and primers for ammunition
Tubes and primers are used to ignite the propellant in projectile weapons.
Friction T-tube, British Mk IV of 1914
Percussion cap nipples; the ignition flame travels through the hole
Percussion caps
Rimmed, Mk. VII centerfire .303 cartridge from WW II. Manufactured by Colonial Ammunition Company, New Zealand.
The Ordnance BLC 15-pounder gun was a modernised version of the obsolete BL 15-pounder 7 cwt gun, incorporating a recoil and recuperator mechanism above the barrel and a modified quicker-opening breech. It was developed to provide Territorial Force artillery brigades with a reasonably modern field gun without incurring the expense of equipping them with the newer 18-pounder. It is the gun that writers usually mean by "15-pounder gun" in World War I, but can be confused with the earlier Ordnance QF 15-pounder Ehrhardt or Ordnance BL 15-pounder, both of which fired the same shell.
BLC 15-pounder gun
Mks I, II & IV barrel design
Mk II & IV single-motion breech mechanism
Camel Battery of BLC 15-pounders after capture of Hatum, 5 January 1918