In addition, the abbreviation Patr. (meaning Q.F. fixed) sometime followed by the name of the gun which the cartridge fits is added to the nomenclature of fixed ammunition.

Of the above systems (a) and (b) are the current German army systems (c) being obso-lecent and (d) being used mainly for Naval or Air service shell.

German gun ammunition is almost all Q.F., there being only one gun of German manufac-ture which fires B.L. ammunition. Ammunition for Anti-Aircraft, Tank and Anti-Tank guns is in the "Q.F. fixed" class, the remainder with few exceptions (e.g. 7,5 cm FK. 38) is in the "Q.F. separate" class.

In some cases the calibre given in the nomenclature is nominal and not the actual calibre of the gun; for instance, the 10.5 cm medium gun is known as the "10 cm K. 18".

A list of abbreviations commonly found in the nomenclature of German ammunition to-gether with their German and English meaning is shown in Appendix B.

The list does not include complex abbrevations used by the German which are built up from the simple base abbrevations. These will be found listed under their separate parts.