H.E. Projectile for Infantery Gun, 75-mmHollow Charge Projectile, Type 38, 75-mmCONTENTS
GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES
CHAPTER 5
GERMAN PROJECTILES
H.E. PROJECTILE FOR DUAL-PURPOSE SKODA GUN, 75-MM

GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: Sprgr.Patr. 75/50 (Sprenggranatpatrone 75/50). (See fig. 380.)

EMPLOYMENT: 75/50 Skoda dual-purpose gun.

COMPLETE ROUND: 27.5 pounds, total weight.

PROJECTILE, red banded, stenciled in red:

14.96 inches, over-all length w/fuze.

2.948 inches, diameter of bourrolet.

0.472 inches, width of rotating bands 2, number of rotating bands.

510.0 grams, TNT bursting charge.

0.511 inches, width of bourrelet.

CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature, not known):

This is a brass case.

22.83 inches, over-all length.

3.15 inches, diameter of neck.

3.228 inches, diameter of shoulder.

3.740 inches, diameter at rim.

4.201 pounds, tubular propellant.

M 39s percussion primer (f).

Stamped on base: "1941 38 75AA".

FUZE: Time fuze of combustion type is fitterd. A brass gaine attached to fuze in dis-tinction from German system contained detonator.

REMARKS: This projectile is the most common of a number of type seized by the Ger-mans for use in captured French 75/50 dual-purpose guns, of which one authority esti-mates there may be 20,000 pieces on the Continent.

Figure 380 – H.E. Projectile for Dual-Purpose Skoda Gun, Sprgr.Patr. 75/50.

H.E. Projectile for Infantery Gun, 75-mmHollow Charge Projectile, Type 38, 75-mmCONTENTS