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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| A.P. PROJECTILE FOR AIRCRAFT CANNON, 30-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 3-cm Pzgr. (Panzergranate). (See fig. 350.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: 3-cm Solothurn (Aircraft Cannon). |
| COMPLETE ROUND: 12.218 inches, over-all length. |
| PROJECTILE, painted black; yellow band above bourrelet, red band above rotating band: |
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5.656 inches, over-all length w/fuze. |
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5.187 inches, over-all length w/o fuze. |
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1.187 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
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0.25 inch, width of rotating band. |
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1.156 inches, diameter of base. |
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0.687 inch, base to band. |
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TNT, type of bursting charge. |
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Tracer present. |
| CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature, K2): |
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7.25 inches, over-all length. |
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1.25 inches, diameter of neck. |
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1.375 inches, diameter of shoulder. |
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1.5 inches, depth of etxracting groove. |
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Smokeless powder, type of propellant. |
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C/33 St. primer. |
| FUZE: Base fuze for 3-cm Pzgr. |
| REMARKS: Two cannelures below rotating band. |
Figure 350 – A.P. Projectile for Aircraft Cannon, 30-mm, 3-cm Pzgr. |
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