HANDBOOK OF ENEMY AMMUNITION |
PAMPHLET No. 15 |
GERMAN AMMUNITION MARKINGS AND NOMENCLATURE |
APPENDIX D |
MISCELLANEOUS SHELL MARKINGS |
Stencelling |
Colour |
Position |
German meaning |
English meaning |
A |
White |
C |
Ausstoss |
Ejector shell. |
AB |
Black |
A or |
Ausstossbüchse |
Shell containing ejector boxes. |
Al |
Black |
C |
Sprengladung mit Aluminium-Gries |
Granular aluminium flash producer incor-porated in filling. |
B or Buntr. |
Black |
C |
Buntrauch |
Shell giving a red smoke burst. |
Bl. |
White |
C |
Blindgeschoss |
Inert filling. |
blau |
Black |
C |
|
Used together with Deut to indicate blue colour of smoke. |
Bo
or |
Black |
C |
ausgebohrte Preßstahl-granate |
Forged steel shell with cavity bored out. |
Br. |
White |
C |
Brandgranate |
Incendiary shell. |
Br.Schr. |
Black |
A B |
Brand-Schrapnelgeschoß |
Incendiary Shrapnel Shell. |
Deut |
Black or White |
C |
Deutgeschoß |
Indicator shell giving coloured smoke. |
Cn |
White |
C D |
Kuper |
Copper driving band. |
Ei |
Black |
C |
Einschießgeschoß |
Ranging shell. |
Ex |
Red |
C |
Exerziergeschoß |
Drill round. |
F |
Black |
C |
Fern |
Long range shell. |
FES |
White |
C or D |
Führung Sintereisen |
Soft iron driving band. |
Hl
or |
Black |
B |
Hohlladung |
Hollow charge anti-tank shell method of filling A. etc. |
HK |
Black or White |
|
Hartkern |
Hard core. |
K or Kt. |
Black |
C |
Kartätsche |
Case shot. |
kg. |
Black or White |
|
Kilogram |
Follows weight off used shell in kilograms. |
Kh |
Black |
E |
Kammerhülse |
Shell with central bur-ster charge. |
KPS |
White |
|
Kupfer Preßstahl |
Bimetalic driving band. |
Leucht |
Black |
C |
Leuchtgeschoß |
Star shell. |
lg. M. |
Black |
A or B |
lange Mundlochbüchse |
Shell with lengthened gaine container. |
Lm |
Black |
B |
Duplex-Sprengkapsel (Lm) |
Shell fuzed with a combined cap and gaine in aluminium. |
Lo |
Black |
A |
lose Sprengstoffkörper |
H.E. shell consisting of separate explosive bo-dies. |
LS |
White |
B or C |
Leuchtsatzsprengladung |
Illuminator shell. |
m R |
Black |
B |
mit Rauchentwickler |
Shell containing smoke box. |
Nb or N |
White |
C |
Nebelgeschoß |
Smoke shell. |
O |
Black |
C |
ohne Füllung |
Marking of 20 mm shot. |
o M |
Black |
B |
ohne Mundlochbüchse |
Shell without gaine container. |
o R |
Black |
C |
ohne Rauchentwickler |
Shell without smoke box. |
P.G. or P. |
Black |
C |
Perlitgußstahl |
Shell of cast steel in the perlite condition. |
Ph |
Black |
C |
Phosphor |
Phosphorus incendiary filling. |
R 11 etc. |
Black |
C |
Rauchentwickler Nr. 11 |
Shell containing smoke box No. 11 etc. |
Rot |
Black |
C |
|
H.E. shell giving a red smoke burst. |
R S |
Black |
C |
Reizstoff |
Shell containing irritant filling. |
Stg |
Black |
C |
Stahlgußgranate |
Cast steel shell. |
ohne Al |
White |
C |
ohne Aluminium |
Aluminium, normally in-cluded in the filling, has been omitted. |
|
Black |
D |
|
Shell with modfied driving band for firing from Czech guns. |
Tp |
Red or Black |
C |
Tropen |
Shell filled suitable for tropical use. |
U |
Black |
C |
Unterrichtsgeschoß |
Instructional shell. |
Üb |
White |
C |
Übungsgeschoß |
Practice shell filled gun-powder. |
Üb.Al. |
White |
C |
Übungsgeschoß mit Alu-minium Sprengladung |
Practice shell filled gun-powder and aluminium powder. |
Üb.B. |
White |
C |
Übungsgeschoß B |
Practice shell filled H.E. with and SO3 smoke box. |
Üb.T. |
White |
C |
Übungsgeschoß T |
Practice shell filled H.E. with Tetrachlor-naphtalene incorpo-rated. |
Üb.W. |
White |
C |
Übungsgeschoß Weiß |
Practice shell giving white smoke burst. |
Üb.R. |
White |
C |
Übungsgeschoß Rot |
Practice shell giving red smoke burst. |
Üb.S. |
White |
C |
Übungsgeshoß Schwarz |
Practice shell giving black smoke burst. |
vk |
Black |
B |
verkürzt |
Shortened. |
Vp |
Black |
C |
Verpackungsgeschoß |
Dummy round for packing etc., trials. |
W |
White |
C |
Weichkern |
Soft iron core. |
w.Kh. |
White |
C |
weite Kammerhülse |
Wide central burster tube. |
Z B |
Black |
E |
Zwischenboden |
Diaphragm shell. |