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GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES
CHAPTER 5
GERMAN PROJECTILES
A.P.C. PROJECTILE FOR 75-MM GUN
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 7.5-cm Pzgr. 39 FES (See fig. 386.)
WEAPONS:

German antitank gun: 7.5-cm Pak 40, 40/1, 40/2, 40/3 (Sf).

German tank gun: 7.5-cm KwK 40.

German assault gun: 7.5-cm Stu.K. 40 (L/43).

PROJECTILE:

Caliber: 75 mm.

Kind: Shell.

Type: A.P.C.

Weight: 15.13 pounds (loaded and fuzed).

Color: Black with red band.

CHARGE:

Number: 92.

Weight: 2.92 ounces.

Kind: R.D.X./wax (90/10) pressed in blocks-wrapped in wax papper.

TRACER: Nr. 1 in fuze.
BOOSTER: PETN/Wax.
FUZE:

Nomenclature: Bd.Z. 5103.

Type: Base.

Figure 386 – A.P.C. Shell for 75-mm Gun, 7.5-cm Pzgr. 39 FES

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