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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| SMOKE PROJECTILE FOR HEAVY INFANTRY GUN, 150-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Jgr. 38 Nb
(Infanteriegranate 38 Nebel). (See fig. 500.) |
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EMPLOYMENT: 15-cm s.J.G. 33 (schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33) Heavy Infantery Gun 33. |
| PROJECTILE, painted green, stenciled in white: |
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25.747 inches, over-all length. |
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0.433 inch, width of rotating band. |
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Bimetallic or sintered iron, composition of rotating band. |
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5.905 inches, diameter of base. |
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84.0 pounds, total weight. |
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4.93 pounds, weight of bursting charge. |
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Picric acid, type of bursting charge. |
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Gr.Zdlg. C/98 Np booster. |
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Oleum impregnated in pumice, type of smoke mixture. |
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"Nb" stenciled on body. |
| CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature 6303 [semifixed]): |
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4.448 inches, over-all length. |
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6.102 inches, diameter of mouth. |
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No shoulder. |
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6.653 inches, diameter of base. |
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C/12 n.A. primer. |
| FUZE: Nose precussion Fuze kl.A.Z. 23 Nb. |
| PACKAGING: One projectile in a wicker basket, 90.2 pounds. |
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Figure 500 – Smoke Projectile for Heavy Infantry
Gun, |
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