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PROJECTOR, SMOKE POT, AFV, ELEC

This type of projector fires screening smoke pots from an AFV.

There are no markings of identification value.

The projector are mounted in groups of three on the wides of an AFV. They consists of metal tubes, 6.2 inches long and with an internal diameter of 3.7 inches. A heavy sheet metal bracket servers as a combination base closure and mounting bracket for the projector. There projectors are loaded from the outside and fired electrically from the in-side of the AFV. A single electric wire leads to each projector and contact is made with an electric primer which ignites the "Projector Charge, Elec., KS 39", thereby simultane-ously igniting and expelling the smoke pot.

This charge is a transparent plastic disc, 1.5 inches in diameter and 0.3 inches thick, with a centered white plastic projection threaded to fit the igniter socket of the Pot, Smoke, NbKS 39. The black powder charge is ignited by the electric primer and in turn simultaneously ignites and propels the smoke pot. The projectory charge is screwed into the smoke pot before the pot is inserted into the projector.

The German name for this propellant unit is "Nebelkerzen Wurfladung 1", abbreviated "Nb K Wldg 1".

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