The German ammunition authorities started the war with a systematic ammunition mark-ing code, but owing to rapid development of ammunition, the introduction of substitutes and the carry over of old stocks, the system has, in some cases, been extended and be-come confused.

Also, there are to be found in the German service specimens of ammunition of French, Czech, Polish, Italien, etc. manufacture. There are still being used with their original markings which bear no relation to the German system and may have certain German markings added to them.

In addition, air and naval service ammunition is extensively used in the Army, the mark-ings of which differs somewhat from that of the Army.

This pamphlet gives the markings and nomenclature that has been met in the course of examination of captured specimens and documents, and has been divided into two sec-tions.

Section I

Section II

For obvious reasons Section I deals with individual types of Small Arms Ammunition where as Section II deals with Gun Ammunition in a more general form.

There is also a note on Mortar Ammunition, and at Appendix G, a list of abbreviation used in the nomenclature of grenades.