GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
CHAPTER 5 |
GERMAN PROJECTILES |
A.P. PROJECTILE WITH TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CORE, 76.2-MM |
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: Pzgr.Patr. 40 (r) (Panzergranatpatrone 40 [russ]). (See fig. 410.) |
EMPLOYMENT: |
7.62-cm F.K. 296 (r) (Feldkanone 296 [russ]) Field Gun 296 (Russian). |
7.62-cm F.K. 36 (r) (Feldkanone 36 [russ]) Field Gun 36 (Russian). |
7-62-cm Pak 36 (r) (Panzerabwehrkanone 36 (russ)) Antitank Gun 36 (Russian). |
COMPLETE ROUND (description of c/r is for projectile in Russian cartridge case): |
24.28 inches, over-all length. |
14.74 pounds, total weight. |
PROJECTILE, painted black: |
10.157 inches, over-all length. |
1.0 inches, distance from base to band. |
0.687 inch, width of rotating band. |
2.91 inches, diameter of base. |
9.13 pounds, total weight. |
4.344 inches, length of tungsten carbide core. |
1.125 inches, diameter of core. |
4.921 inches, length of ballistic cap. |
Tracer present in base of projectile. |
Stamped on body: |
"41 |
CYW |
COB" |
CARTRIDGE CASE: (German and Russian nomenclature, 42m or 37r (fixed): |
15.125 inches, over-all length. |
3.07 inches, diameter of neck. |
3.062 inches, diameter of shoulder. |
3.531 inches, diameter of base. |
364.0 grams, tubular Diglykol propellant. |
42/m or 33 primer. |
FUZE: No fuze is employed. |
PACKAGING: Either five rounds to a box 110 pounds or six rounds to a box 145 pounds. |
REMARKS: There is a bakelite sheath forward of the core, and a setscrew forward of the bourrelet. This German projectile may be found (fixed) in the German case 6340 for use in captured weapons which the Germans have rebored. |
Figure 410 A.P. Projectile
With Tungsten Carbide Core, 76.2-mm, |
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