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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| A.P. PROJECTILE WITHOUT CAP FOR A.T. GUN, 37-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 3.7-cm Pzgr.Patr. (Panzergranatpatrone). (See fig. 357.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: 3.7 cm Pak (Panzerabwehrkanone). |
| COMPLETE ROUND: 13.27 inches, over-all length. |
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2.9 pounds, total weight. |
| PROJECTILE painted black: |
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3.897 inches, over-all length. |
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1.447 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
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1.502 inches, diameter of copper rotating band. |
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0.437 inch, diameter of base. |
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0.562 inch, base to band. |
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1.5 pounds, total weight. |
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0.46 ounce, weight of bursting charge. |
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PETN/Wax (82/18), type of bursting charge. |
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Tracer present. |
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Stencild in red: "Co. 7.741 F Tp 33 11 Cw.G. 1.40." Stamped on base: "G251 DL 603 1939 C." |
| CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature, 6331): |
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9.75 inches, over-all length. |
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1.5 inches, diameter of neck. |
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2.0 inches, depth of extracting groove. |
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6.66 ounces, weight of propellant. |
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Digl.R.P. or 177 gm Ngl.R.P. (tubular diethylene glycoldinitrate and nitrocellulose) or (tu-bular nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose), type of propellant. |
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C/13 n.A. primer. |
| FUZE: 5103. |
Figure 357 – A.P. Projectile ´without
Cap for A.T. Gun, 37-mm, |
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