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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| H.E. PROJECTILE, TYPE 36, 150-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Gr. 36 FES (Granate 36 FES). (See fig. 494.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: 15-cm s.F.H. 18 (schwere Feldhaubitze 18) Heavy Field Howitzer 18. |
| COMPLETE ROUND: |
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28.916 inches, over-all length. |
| PROJECTILE, green painted: |
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23.07, inches, over-all length. |
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4.409 inches, distance from base to band. |
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0.866 inch, width of rotating band-sintered iron. |
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5.196 inches, diameter of base. |
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84.7 pounds, total weight. |
| CARTRIDGE CASE: (German nomenclature 6350): |
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10.255 inches, over-all length. |
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6.338 inches, diameter at mouth. |
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No shoulder. |
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7.007 inches, diameter at base. |
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C/12 n.A. primer. |
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FUZE: Nose Percussion Fuzes: A.Z. 23 (0.8) umg; A.Z. 23 (0.2) umg. A.Z. 23 m. 2 V. umg. or Time and Percussion Fuzes: Dopp.Z. S/60 Fl. |
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REMARKS: This round has not been recovered as yet. Information is from captured documents. After firing, rotating band, will bear 40 engravings. |
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Figure 494 – H.E. Projectile, Type 36, 150-mm, 15-cm Gr. 36 FES |
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