Book: “World War 1 Armaments and the .303 British Cartridge” by B. A. Temple - Soft Cover

Original Book: Limited Quantity Available. “World War 1 Armaments and the .303 British Cartridge” was first published in 1995 by B.A. Temple of Kilcoy, Australia. The books measure 9 ½” x 6” and are all in lovely, unused condition. “During the Great War, the adoption of both new and old forms of armaments for the British services occasioned the development of special patterns of the .303-inch British service cartridge for use with such specialist ordnance. The newly introduced munitions included trench mortars, grenades, howitzers, heavy field artillery, and tanks, together with necessary ancillary items such as mortar bombs, fuzes and artillery percussion locks. This work describes in broad outline some of the above armaments, and how the .303-inch round was adapted for the various applications; but it also gives details of other patterns of the cartridge developed for such special purposes as armour piercing, balloon and zeppelin destruction, drill instruction and tracing. "World Wa