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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,
3-cm Sprgr. L'spur

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