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GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES
CHAPTER 5
GERMAN PROJECTILES
HOLLOW CHARGE PROJECTILE FOR 76.2-MM HOWITZER
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 7.62-cm Gr. 38/2 Hl/B. (See fig. 414.)
WEAPONS:

Russian Infantry Gun Howitzer: 7.62-cm J.K.H. 290 (r), Modell 27

PROJECTILE:

Caliber: 76.2 mm.

Kind: Projectile.

Type: Hollow charge.

Weight (loaded and fuzed): 10½ pounds.

Color: O.D. with white band below fuze.

CHARGE:

Number: 91.

Weight: 1 pound.

Kind: Cyclonite/wax (95/5) pressed in blocks wrapped in waxed paper.

TRACER: Yes, but un-numbered.
BOOSTER: Integral with fuze.
FUZE:

Nomenclature: A.Z. 38.

Type: P.D.

Figure 414 – Hollow Charge Projectile for Howitzer, 76.2-mm,
7.62-cm Gr. 38/2 Hl/B

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