HANDBOOK OF ENEMY AMMUNITION |
PAMPHLET No. 4 |
GERMAN, ITALIAN AND JAPANESE SHELLS, FUZES AND SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION |
GERMAN 4.7 cm A.P. SHELL |
(4,7 cm Pak. Pzgr.) |
(Fig. 11) |
This shell is fired by the 4.7 cm anti-tank gun mounted on the S.P. armoured chassis I B. |
It is a normal armour piercing shell with an H.E. capacity of 1.6 per cent. The filling con-sists of a 6.6 dram bursting charge of cast T.N.T. with a 5.3 dram intermediary of pres-sed T.N.T. The intermediary pellet is wrapped in transparent paper and has a cavity to receive the gaine portion of the fuze. A cardboard disc in the cavity and a washer in rear of the pellet provide seatings for the fuze and presumably allows for tolerance in the length of the filling and the fuze. |
Details of the fuze and tracer are not yet available. |
Weights |
Empty shell, 1283.25 grams (2 lb. 13 oz. 5 dr.). |
Cast T.N.T., 11.7 grams (6.6 dr.). |
Pressed T.N.T., 9.35 grams (5.3 dr.). |
Fig. 11 – 4.7 cm A.P. Shell |