GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
CHAPTER 5 |
GERMAN PROJECTILES |
HOLLOW-CHARGE PROJECTILE, TYPE 39, 150-MM |
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Gr. 19 Hl (15-cm
Granate 19 Hohlladung). (See fig. 495.) |
EMPLOYMENT: |
15-cm s.F.H. 18 (schwere Feldbaubitze 18) Heavy Field Howitzer 18. |
15-cm s.F.H. 13 (schwere Feldhaubitze 13) Heavy Field Howitzer 13. |
PROJECTILE, painted green: |
22.834 inches, over-all length. |
5.905 inches, diameter of base. |
54.076 pounds, total weight. |
Cyclonite/wax, type of bursting charge. |
Tracer fitted in base of projectile. |
CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature 6350 [semifixed]): |
10.255 inches, over-all length. |
6.388 inches, diameter of neck. |
No shoulder. |
7.007 inches, diameter of base. |
C/12 n.A. primer. |
FUZE: Nose Percussion Fuze, kl.A.Z. 40 Nb. |
PACKAGING: One projectile in a wicker basket, 58.3 pounds. |
REMARKS: Cartridge case for s.F.H. 13 – 6303 (semifixed). Information is from captured documents. Projectile has not as yet been recovered. After firing from s.F.H. 18, rotating band will bear 40 entgravings. |
Figure 495 – Hollow-Charge Projectile, Type 39, 150-mm, 15-cm Gr. 19 Hl/A |
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