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GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES
CHAPTER 5
GERMAN PROJECTILES
H.E. PROJECTILE FOR 105-MM GUN
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 10.5-cm Sprgr. 43 (PG). (See fig. 454.)
WEAPONS:

German Light Field Howitzer: le.F.H. 18, 18/1, 18/2, 18 m.M., 18/39, 18/40.
Projectile:

Caliber: 105 mm.

Kind: Shell.

Type: H.E.

Weight: 32 ¾ pounds (loaded and fuzed).

Color: Brick red.
CHARGE:

Number: 9.

Weight: 3 pounds.

Kind: Unknown (believed to be TNT/Wax).
TRACER: None.
BOOSTER: Np. 10
FUZE:

Nomenclature: A.Z. 23 (0,15).

Type: P.D.
REMARKS:
Note 1. – Contain R 11 smoke box.

Figure 454 – H.E. Projectile, 105-mm, 10.5-cm Sprgr. 43 (PG).

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