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GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES
CHAPTER 5
GERMAN PROJECTILES
HIGH EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE FOR 280-MM RAILWAY GUN
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 28-cm Gr. 35. (See fig. 538.)
WEAPONS: German Railway Gun: K 5 (E).
PROJECTILE:

Caliber: 280 mm.

Kind: Shell.

Weight: 562 pounds (loaded and fuzed).

Color: O.D.
CHARGE:

Number: 30.

Weight: 67¼ pounds.

Kind: TNT and TNT/wax (95/5) pressed in blocks in cardboard carton.
TRACER: L'spur No. 5 cavity provided but no tracer found.
BOOSTER: Zdlg. 36 Np. or Zdlg. 36 F.
FUZE:

Nomenclature: (1) Hbgr.Z. 35 K (0.10). (2) Hbgr.Z. 35 K (0.15).
(3) Hbgr.Z. 35 K (0.05). (4) Dopp.Z. 45 K.

Type: (1) P.D. (2) P.D. (3) P.D. (4) T. and P.
REMARKS:
Note 1. – Four (4) R 10 smoke boxes.

Figure 538 – H.E. Projectile for 280-mm Railway Gun, 28-cm Gr. 35

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