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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| A.P.C. PROEJCTILE WITH TRACER, 105-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 10-cm Pzgr. rot (Panzergranate rot). (See fig. 466) |
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10-cm Flak 38 (Flugabwehrkanone 38) Antiaircraft Gun 38. |
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10-cm Flak 39 (Flugabwehrkanone 39) Anitaircraft Gun 39. |
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s 10-cm K.T. (schwere Kanone Turm) Heavy Turret Gun. |
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s 10-cm K. 18 (schwere Kanone 18) Heavy Gun 18. |
| COMPLETE ROUND (Description of c/r is for Flak 38 and Flak 39): |
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44.25 inches, over-all length. |
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57.625 pounds, total weight. |
| PROJECTILE (painted black with 0,5 inch red band above rotating band): |
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15.4 inches, over-all length. |
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w/o fuze. |
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1.15 inches, distance from base to band. |
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0.905 inch, width of rotating band. |
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4.125 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
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4.133 inches, diameter of base. |
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34.7 pounds, total weight. |
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TNT in aluminum container, tpye of bursting charge. |
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0.812 inch, width of bourrelet. |
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Tracer is present in fuze. |
| CARTRIDE CASE (German nomenclature 6307 (fixed)): |
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30.17 inches, over-all length. |
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4.204 inches, diameter of neck. |
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4.628 inches, diameter of shoulder. |
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5.450 inches, diameter of base. |
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12.85 pounds, weight of propellant. |
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Tubular Diglykol, type of propellant. |
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C/22 primer. |
| FUZE: Base detonation fuze – Bd.Z. f. 10-cm (so marked). |
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REMARKS: There are two cannelures below the rotating band. Cartridge cases for other weapons as follows: |
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10-cm K.T. – 6356 (semifixed). |
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10-cm K. 18 – 6349 (semifixed). |
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Figure 466 – A.P.C. Projectile with Tracer, 105-mm, 10-cm Pzgr. rot |
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