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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| RODDED BOMB FOR HEAVY INFANTRY GUN 33, 150-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Stiel-Gr. 42 (See fig. 502.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: |
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15-cm s.J.G. 33 (schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33) Heavy Infantery Gun 33. |
| PROJECTILE, painted field grey, stenciled in black: |
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50.5 inches, over-all length. |
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11.5 inches, maximum diameter. |
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105.0 pounds, total weight. |
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60.0 pounds, weight of bursting charge. |
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40/60 Amatol, type of bursting charge. |
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"13A" stenciled on nose. |
| CARTRIDE CASE (German nomenclature 6303 [semifixed]): |
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4.448 inches, over-all length. |
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6.102 inches, diameter of neck. |
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No shoulder. |
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6.653 inches, diameter of base. |
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12.1 pounds, weight of propellant. |
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C/12 n.A. primer. |
| FUZE: Nose Percussion Fuze Wgr.Z. 36. |
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REMARKS: It is presumed that a stick units fits over cup at the base of the bomb; this cup has a machined surface. The stick unit has not been recovered but is reported to weigh 48.4 pounds and leaves projectile 150 yards from muzzle of the gun. This projectile is used against personnel and to clear minefields and wire obstacles. |
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Figure 502 – Rodded Bomb for Heavy Infantry Gun 33,
150-mm, |
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