TM 9-1985-3; Smoke Projectile for Tank Gun, 75-mm

GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES

CHAPTER 5

GERMAN PROJECTILES

SMOKE PORJECTILE FOR TANK GUN, 75-MM

GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 7.5-cm Nbgr.Patr. KwK (Nebelgranatpatrone Kampfwagenka-none). (See fig. 375.)

EMPLOYMENT:

7.5-cm KwK (Kampfwagenkanone) Tank Cannon.

7.5-cm Stu.G. (Sturmgeschütz) Assault Gun.

7.5-cm KwK 40 (Kampfwagenkanone 40) Tank Cannon 40

7.5-cm Stu.G. 40 (Sturmgeschütz 40) Assault Gun 40.

7.5-cm L.F.K. 18 (Leichte Feldkanone 18) Light Field Gun 18.

7.5-cm L.G. 40 (Leichtgeschütz 40) Recoiless Gun for Airborne Troops.

COMPLETE ROUND (descripton of c/r is for KwK):

20.9 inches, over-all length.

PROJECTILE, painted green:

13.5 inches, over-all length, w/fuze.

11.6 inches, over-all length, w/o fuze.

2.187 inches, distance from base to band.

0.67 inch, width of rotating band.

2.5 inches, diameter of base.

13.6 pounds, total weight.

2.0 ounces, picric acid burster charge.

80/20 Oleum impregnated in pumice, smoke mixture.

PETN/Wax booster.

"Nb" stenciled in body in white.

CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature, 6354 or 6354 St.):

9.56 inches, over-all length.

2.93 inches, diameter of neck.

3.01 inches, diameter of shoulder.

3.60 inches, diameter of rim.

2 pounds, 1.79 ounces, weight of case.

12.61 ounces, tubular nitrocellulose propellant,

C/22 31 grain eletric primer.

FUZE: Nose percussion fuze kl.A.Z. 23 Nb.

PACKAGING: Two rounds in a metal box.

REMARKS: This projectile is machined the same design as the H.E. projectile. Type 34, the exception of a recess one inch in diameter 0.08 inch in depth provides at base of ca-vity seating lower end of burster tube. There threaded plug in the side wall used to close filling hole. Cartridge cases for other weapons are as follows:

L.F.K. 18 – 6316 (semifixed).

KwK 40 (Stu.G. 40) 6339 (fixed).

L.G. 40 plastic base (semifixed).

Figure 375 – Smoke Projectile for Tank Gun, 75-mm, 7.5-cm Nbgr.Patr. KwK