Brief details of this gaine are included in the description of the 15 cm high velocity H.E. shell in Pamphlet No. 11. The gaine has also been found in the H.E. shell for the A.A. gun 12.8 cm Flak 40 and the H.E.B.C. shell (K.Gr. 38 (Hb)) for the 17 cm gun (17 cm K.Mrs. Laf).

The overall length of the gaine is 4.36 inches and the diameter 1.27 inches. The weight complete is approximately 4 oz. 10 drs. The gaine idenitified by the abbreviated designa-tion "Zdlg. 36 Np" stencilled in black on the side of the aluminium cylindrical body. Also, unlike any of the other gaines met with, it has a convex base.

Fig. 12