Italian 105 mm 28 Cal. H.E. ShellJapanese 25 mm Cartridge Q.F. H.E./T.
HANDBOOK OF ENEMY AMMUNITION
PAMPHLET No. 10
GERMAN, ITALIAN AND JAPANESE AMMUNITION
ITALIAN 75 MM AMMUNITION TABULATION
Nature
of
Gun
Type
of
Round
Colour
Markings
of Shell
Stencil
Markings
of Shell
Method of
Manufacture of
Shell
Nature
of
Filling
Exploder
System
Fuze
and
Gaine
Remarks
(A)
27 Cal.
Gun,
How.
Q.F.
Separate
H.E.
Head - Red
Body - Light Blue
Band above dvg.
band - Green
TRITOLO
75/27

Forged steel body,
screwed head.
Pressed in base plate.
Streamline Copper dvg. band.

Cast
T.N.T.
Pressed T.N.T
Pellets in
exploder
container
Inneschi
graze fuze,
cyclonite
gaine.

Fully described in Pamphlet No. 7.

(B)
27 Cal.
Gun,
How,
13 Cal.
How.
Q.F.
Separate
H.E.
Head - Red
Body - Light Blue
Band above dvg.
band - Green
TRITOLO
75/27/13

Machined from bar
stock, screwed fuze
hole adapter, soldered base plate.
Copper dvg. band

Cast
T.N.T.
Ballistite
flake in
metal tube
Inneschi
graze fuze,
Ballistite
gaine

Fully described in Pamphlet No. 7.
Weight filled and fuzed,
13 lb. 11 oz. 8 drs.

(C)
27 Cal.
Gun,
How.
Q.F.
Separate
Hollow
Charge
Cap - Red
Body - Light Blue
Band above dvg.
band - White
75/27
TRITOLITE

Forged Steel.
Pressed in base plate.
Aluminium alloy cap.
Copper dvg. band

Cast
T.N.T./
Wax
Hollow
Charge
Cyclonite/wax
in Aluminium
sheath
Base fuze and
gaine

Described in Pamphlet No. 8, details of fuze not yet available.

(D)
27 Cal.
Gun,
How.
13 Cal.
How.
Q.F.
Separate
H.E.
Nose - Orange
Body - Light Blue
"Sherardized"
metal coating.
Band above dvg.
band - Green over
Yellow.
Kg. 6.2
TRITOLO
A.P., F.M.
D.A.Vr.XII/
933
75/13/27
3

Machined from bar
stock. Screwed nose adapter. Soldered base plate.
Copper dvg. band.

Cast
T.N.T.
Ballistite
flake in metal
capped card-
board tube,
in Aluminium
sheath
Inneschi
graze fuze.
Ballistite
gaine

Indentical in contour to
(b) above. Weight filled
and fuzed,
13 lb. 13 oz. 4 drs.

(E)
27 Cal.
Gun,
How.
Q.F.
Separate
H.E.
Nose - Orange
Body - Light Blue
"Sherardized"
metal coating.
Band above dvg.
band - Green
Rear of dvg.
band - White.
Kg. 6.100
TRITOLO
D.A.Vr.935
75/27

Machined as for (B)
and (D) above

Detail
not
available
Detail not
available
Detail not
available

Identical in contours to
(B) above.

(F)
27 Cal.
A.A.
Q.F.
Separate
H.E.
Body - Blue Kg. 6.18
TRITOLO

Forged steel bodies.
Machined fuze hole
adapter of grey cast
iron. Fragmentaction
cylinder of machined
grey cast iron.
Copper dvg. band

T.N.T.
cast in
card-
board
cylinder
Ballistite
flake in brass
type
Time fuze
combustion
type

One model fully described in Pamphlet No. 9.

Body - Blue
Band - Dark Blue
Kg. 6.33
TRITOLO
A.P.
Body - Blue
Band - Dark Blue
Kg. 8.1 or
8.2
TRITOLO
A.P.
Body - Light Blue
Band - Dark Blue
All types -
Head Orange
Kg. 8.2 or
6.2 or 6.3
or A.P. 1928
TRITOLO
A.P.
(G)
27 Cal.
Gun,
How.
Q.F.
Separate
Shrapnel
Nose - Orange
Body - Red
Kg. 6.6
75/27

Forged steel body.
Machined nose adapter and diaphragm. Brass flash tube.

Shrapnel
similar
in all
respects
to 77/28
Shell
described
in this
Pamphelt
As for
77/28
Shrapnel
Time fuze
graduated to
59
(Pamphlet
No. 9)

Comparable in all respects with 77/28
Shrapnel described in this pamphlet.

(H)
46 Cal.
A.A.

Q.F.
Fixed
H.E.
Head - Red
Body - Light Blue
"Sherardized"
metal finish.
Bands - Blue.
Green above dvg.
band
Kg. 6.550
TRITOLO
COMPRESSO
75/46

Forged steel body.
Pressed in base plate. Machined nose fuze adapter.
Double copper dvg.
band.

Not
available.

Exploder
container.
Other details
not yet
available.
No details
available.

Further details awaited.

Note:– Where the Color of the head of the shell is described in the third column as oran-ge, this is due to a variation in the normal shade of the red used. The variation has no signifiance.

Italian 105 mm 28 Cal. H.E. ShellJapanese 25 mm Cartridge Q.F. H.E./T.