GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
CHAPTER 5 |
GERMAN PROJECTILES |
H.E. PROJECTILE WITH TRACER FOR AIRCRAFT CANNON, 30-MM |
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 3-cm Sprgr. L'spur (Sprenggranate Leuchtspur). (See fig. 349.) |
EMPLOYMENT: 3-cm Solothurn (Aircraft Cannon). |
COMPLETE ROUND: 11.718 inches, over-all length. |
PROJECTILE, painted yellow; aluminum fuze: |
5.25 inches, over-all length w/fuze. |
1.256 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
0.312 inches, width of rotating band. |
1.125 inches, diameter of base. |
0.781 inch, base to band. |
Tracer present (not-self-destroying). |
CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature, K2): |
7.25 inches, over-all length. |
1.25 inches, diameter of neck. |
1.375 inches, diameter of shoulder. |
1.5 inches, depth of extracting groove. |
Smokeless powder, type of propellant. |
C/33 St. primer. |
"Wb K2 41" markings. |
FUZE: AZ 1504. |
REMARKS: Two cannelures below rotating band. |
Figure 349 H.E. Projectile
with Tracer vor Aircraft
Cannon, 30-mm, |
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