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| HANDBOOK OF ENEMY AMMUNITION |
| PAMPHLET No. 10 |
| GERMAN, ITALIAN AND JAPANESE AMMUNITION |
| GERMAN 7.5 CM Kw.K. CARTRDIGE Q.F., H.E. |
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(Fig. 14) |
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Examples of this type of ammunition have already been described im Pamphlet No. 4, pa-ge 31, and Pamphlet No. 7, page 54. Additional details are appended. |
| Bursting Charge |
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In addition to the Amatol filled shell described previously a sample of this shell has now been examined which is filled T.N.T. |
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The weight of the filling, which is cast, is 1.5 lb. approximately. The nature of filling is in-dicated by the stencilled figures 14. |
| Propellant |
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The tubular distance piece described in connection with the propellant charge (Pamphlet No. 7) has been found to be of the double based nitrocellulose – diethylene glycoldinitra-te type, of the following composition. |
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Nitrocellulose |
61.29 per cent (Nitrogen 12.95 per cent) |
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D.E.G.D.N. |
36.13 per cent |
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Potassium Sulphate |
2.22 per cent |
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Graphite (coating) |
0.35 per cent |
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Fig. 14 |
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