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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| A.P.C. PROJECTILE TYPE 36 (CZECH DESIGN), 47-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: |
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4.7-cm Pzgr.Patr. 36 (t) (Panzergranatpatrone 36 [t]) (See fig. 365). |
| EMPLOYMENT: |
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4.7-cm Flak 37 (Flugabwehrkanone 37). 4.7-cm Pak (t) (Panzerabwehrkanone 37 [t]). |
| COMPLETE ROUND: 21.069 inches, over-all length. |
| PROJECTILE, painted black, capped: |
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6.625 inches over-all length w/o tracer. |
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1.844 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
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0.625 inch, width of copper rotating band. |
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1.625 inches, diameter of base. |
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1.5 inches, base to band. |
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3.64 pounds, total weight. |
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0.74 ounce, weight of bursting charge. |
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TNT, type of bursting charge. |
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Tracer present in fuze. |
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Stenciled in red: "pla", lot number, "1". |
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Projectile curved in toward base. |
| CARTRIDGE CASE: (German nomenclature, M 36): |
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15.944 inches, over-all length. |
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1.98 inches, diameter of neck. |
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2.12 inches, diameter of shoulder. |
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2.52 inches, depth of extracting groove. |
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15.49 ounces, weight of propellant. |
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Strip propellant (nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose). |
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M 33 primer. |
| FUZE: Base fuze (2 steel balls). Set screw in projectile holds fuze in palce. |
Figure 365 – A.P.C. Projectile
Type 36 (Czech. Design),
47-mm, |
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