This cartridge is used in the 8.8 cm Flak 41 gun presumably in the anti-tank role. The weight of the complete round is 46 lb. 6 oz. and its overall length is 45.8 inches.

Armour piercing shell fitted with penetrativ and ballistic caps and filled H.E.

Fuze Bd.Z. 5127 with tracer;

Brass case;

Propellant charge of double base flashless propellant;

Primer electric C/22.

The weight of the shell, filled and fuzed, is approximately 22 lb. 5 1/4 oz. The exterior is painted black with white tip on the ballistic cap and stencilled in red. It is fitted with two driving bands of soft iron. Two cannelures for the attachment of the case are formed be-hind the driving band and the base is screwthreaded to receive the fuze with tracer. A penetrative cap is attached to the body and a ballistic cap fits over the penetrative cap. The cavity for the bursting charge is smaller than that in the shell for the Flak 18 and 36 described in Pamphlet No. 6, page 22. The bursting charge, identified by the numerals "92" stencilled on the shell body is cyclonite/wax (90/10) and is approximately 2 oz. 2 dr. in weight.

Details of this fuze are given in Pamphlet No. 12 which includes a drawing of the fuze and tracer.

The cartridge case is of brass 33.8 inches in length, with a slight increase in taper near its mouth. The case is stamped in the base "8,8 cm Flak 41" and, unlike most German ca-ses, does not appear to have been allotted a case model number.

The flashless propellant charge, as indicated by the stencilling on the case, weighs 11 lb. 15 oz. and is made up of tubular cords consisting basically of nitrocellulose diethylene glycoldinitrate with the addition of nitroguanidin. The bag containing the charge has an igniter containing 20 grams of nitrocellulose powder sewn to its base. The weight, nature and size of the propellant charge is stencilled on the case as follows:– "5,415 kg Gu.R.P. –7,5– (740 – 4,7/1,5)". The case is also marked "Tropen" indicating the charge to be suitable for hot climates.

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