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GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES
CHAPTER 5
GERMAN PROJECTILES
A.P. PROJECTILE FOR 105-MM HOWITZER
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 10-cm Pzgr. (See fig. 449.)
WEAPONS:

German Light Field Howitzer:

le.F.H. 18.

le.F.H. 18/1.

le.F.H. 18/2.

le.F.H. 18 m.M.

le.F.H. 18/39.

le.F.H. 18/40.

le.F.H. 16

PROJECTILE:

Caliber: 105 mm.

Kind: Shell.

Type: A.P.

Weight: 30.9 pounds (loaded and fuzed).

Color: Black with red markings.

CHARGE:

Number: 16.

Weight: 1.5 lbs.

Kind: TNT poured in aluminum container plus PETN/wax (90/10) as exploder.

TRACER: In base of fuze.
BOOSTER: Integral with fuze.
FUZE:

Nomenclature: Bd.Z. f. 10-cm Pzgr.

Type: Base.

Figure 449 – A.P. Shell for 105-mm Howitzer, 10-cm Pzgr.

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