Hi
This seems to be turning into a quest, so we may as well establish exact content:
Ian Hogg - British and American Artillery of World War 2 - Greenhill books, 2002 edition, page 75.
He lists:
Shot AP Mk 10T - solid steel shot with tracer
Shot APCBC Mk 9BT - solid steel shot with penetrative and ballistic caps and tracer
Shell AP Mk 1 - piercing projectile with a small Lyddite charge and Base Fuse no 281 with tracer. This was scrapped as the fuse tended to separate on impact
and "contrary to many pubished statements" Shell HE Mk 2T - a pointed shell with TNT filling and Base Percussion Fuse No. 243.
All the above are confirmed in the War Office Handbook for the Ordnance QF 2-pr Marks IX and X on Carriages QF 2-pr Marks I and II, Land Service 1938, and Amdt 1 and Amdt 2 (dated 1940 that also changed the title to include the MK III carriage.
The Handbook amdt 2 also adds an AP Shot Mk IIT and the Flathead practice shot.
The British stopped manufacturing the 2-pr ammunition in early 1943.
According to Dept of Munitions and Supply (Canada) records, we produced 2,553.863 rounds of 2-pr AP shot and 60,713 rounds of FLathead 2-pr shot to 31 Dec 1943. No mention of a 2-pr shell. We also produced a Naval Mk VIII 2-pr round.
Doug
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