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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| H.E. PROJECTILE FOR A.A. GUN, 37-MM |
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GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 3.7-cm Sprgr.Patr. 18 (Sprenggranatpatrone 18). (See fig. 355.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: 3.7-cm Flak 18 (Flugabwehrkanone 18). |
| COMPLETE ROUND (C/R is identifical for both weapons: |
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13.779 inches, over-all length. |
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3.32 ounes, total weight. |
| PROJECTILE, painted yellow; two deep cannelures below rotating band: |
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5.0 inches, over-all length. |
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1.469 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
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0.375 inch, width of rotating band. |
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Two, number of rotating bands. |
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1.437 inches, diameter of base. |
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1.0 inch, base to band. |
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21.943 ounces, total weight. |
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0.856 ounce, weight of bursting charge. |
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PETN/Wax, type of bursting charge. |
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Tracer is present. |
| CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature, 6348): |
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10.156 inches, over-all length. |
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1.594 inches, diameter of neck. |
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1.625 inches, diameter of shoulder. |
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1.844 inches, depth of extracting groove. |
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6.7 ounces, weight of propellant. |
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Ngl.R.P. (tubular nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose) type of propellant. |
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C/13 n.A. primer. |
| FUZE: 3.7-cm Kopf.Z.Zerl.P. or 3.7 cm Kopf.Z.Zerl.Fg. |
Figure 355 – H.E. Projectile for A.A. Gun, 37-mm, 3.7-cm Sprgr.Patr. 18 |
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