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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| H.E. PROJECTILE, TYPE 18, FOR A.T. GUN, 37-MM |
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GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 3.7-cm Sprgr.Patr. 18 umg (Sprenggranatpatrone 18 umge-ändert). (See fig. 358.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: 3.7-cm Pak. (Panzerabwehrkanone). |
| COMPLETE ROUND: |
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13.503 inches, over-all length. |
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2.838 pounds, total weight. |
| PROJECTILE, painted silver-grey, yellow band: |
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5.093 inches, over-all length. |
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1.448 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
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1.599 inches, diameter of rotating band. |
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0.33 inch, width of rotating band. |
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21.767 ounces, total weight. |
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0.917 ounce, weight of bursting charge. |
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PETN/Wax (90/10), type of bursting charge. |
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Lager tracer present. |
| CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature, 6331): |
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1.51 inches, diameter of neck. |
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1.61 inches, diameter of shoulder. |
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1.80 inches, diameter of flange. |
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6.17 ounces, weight of propellant. |
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Digl.R.P. (tubular diethylene glycoldinitrate and nitrocellulose) – type of propellant. |
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C/13 n.A. primer. |
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Stamped in base: "P 180 G d. 7 cm Pak. 6331". |
| FUZE: 3.7-cm Kopf.Z.Zerl.P. (red tip); AZ 39 (yellow tip). |
| PACKAGING: 12 rounds to a metal carrier, 20.0 kg. |
Figure 358 – H.E. Projectile,
Type 18, for A.T. Gun,
37-mm, |
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