GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
CHAPTER 5 |
GERMAN PROJECTILES |
H.E. PROJECTILE (TYPE 40) FOR A.T. GUN, 37-MM |
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 3.7-cm Sprgr.Patr. 40 (Sprenggranatpatrone 40). (See fig. 356.) |
EMPLOYMENT: 3.7-cm Pak. (Panzerabwehrkanone). |
COMPLETE ROUND: |
13.937 inches, over-all length. |
2.90 pounds, total weight. |
PROJECTILE painted silver-grey, no colored bands: |
5.039 inches, over-all length. |
1.448 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
1.599 inches, diameter of rotating band. |
0.33 inch, width of rotating band. |
23.454 ounces, total weight. |
1.587 ounces, weight of bursting charge. |
PETN/Wax (90/10), type of bursting charge. |
Small tracer present. |
CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature, 6331): |
9.75 inches, over-all length. |
1.5 inches, diameter of neck. |
1.625 inches, diameter of shoulder. |
2.0 inches, diameter at rim. |
6.17 ounces, weight of propellant. |
Digl.R.P. (tubular diethylene diglycoldinitrate and nitrocellulose), type of propellant. |
C/13 n.A. primer. |
FUZE: AZ 39. |
Figure 356 H.E. Projectile (Type
40) for A.T. Gun,
37-mm, |
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