GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
CHAPTER 5 |
GERMAN PROJECTILES |
H.E. PROJECTILE FOR 150-MM HOWITZER |
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Gr. M 25 (t).
(See fig. 488.) [15-cm Dopp.Z.Gr. 25 (t)] |
WEAPONS: Czech Heavy Field Howitzer: s.F.H. 25 (t) Model 25. |
PROJECTILE: |
Caliber: 150-mm. |
Kind: Shell. |
Type: H.E. |
Weight: 94 pounds (loaded and fuzed). |
Color: Machined metal with red markings. |
CHARGE: |
Number: TTR. |
Weight: 9 pounds. |
Kind: Pressed TNT in cardboard container. |
TRACER: None. |
BOOSTER: Integral with fuze, auxiliary booster tube in shell body. |
FUZE: |
Nomenclature: Dopp.Z. 25 (t). |
Type: T. and P. |
REMARKS: |
Note 1. – Red band around body of projectile at the ogive indicates T. and P. fuze. |
Figure 488 – H.E. Projectile for 150-mm Howitzer, 15-cm Gr. M. 25 (t) |
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