HANDBOOK OF ENEMY AMMUNITION |
PAMPHLET No. 10 |
GERMAN, ITALIAN AND JAPANESE AMMUNITION |
ITALIAN 65 MM. 17 CAL. CARTRIDGE Q.F. H.E. |
One model of this fixed Q.F. round has been described in Pamphlet No. 7. |
The following additional particulars are now available of an earlier model. This shell is co-loured in exactly the same manner as has already been described but bears the mar-kings:– |
Kg 4.2 |
It differs in other respects from the later version only in the method of filling, which in this case comprises a direct cast T.N.T. bursting charge of weight 9 1/2 ozs. The explo-der system comprises a ballistite gaine and exploder the latter contained in a cardboard tube within an aluminium sheath. The gaine is the 2.3 gram type described in Pamphlet No. 7. The exploder weighs 13 grams. |