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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| H.E. PROJECTILE, TYPE 19, FOR HEAVY FIELD HOWITZER, 150-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Gr. 19 (Granate 19). (See fig. 504.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: |
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15-cm s.F.H. 18 (schwere Feldhaubitze 18) Heavy Field Howitzer 18. |
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15-cm s.F.H. 13 (schwere Feldhaubitze 13) Heavy Field Howitzer 13. |
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15-cm s.H.T. (schwere Haubitze Turm) Heavy Turret Howitzer. |
| COMPLETE ROUND (Description of c/r is for s.F.H. 18): |
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33.778 inches, over-all length, w/Dopp.Z. Fuze. |
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31.218 inches, over-all length, w/A.Z. fuze. |
| PROJECTILE (Painted green): |
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24.211 inches, over-all length, w/A.Z. fuze. |
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26.711 inches, over-all length, w/Dopp.Z. fuze. |
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3.22 inches, distance from base to band. |
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0.472 inch, width of rotating bands. |
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Two, number of rotating band. |
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5.196 inches, diameter of base. |
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5.825 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
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95.7 pounds, total weight. |
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9.46 pounds, weight of bursting charge. |
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TNT in carboard container with smoke box at its base, type of bursting charge. |
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Gr.Zdlg. C/98 Np or Zdlg. C/98 booster. |
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Projectile has a screwed-in base plate. |
| CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature 6350 [semifixed]): |
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10.255 inches, over-all length. |
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6.338 inches, diameter of neck. |
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No shoulder. |
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7.007 inches, diameter of base. |
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11.750 pounds, weight of case. |
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4.1 pounds, weight of propellant. |
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Flaked Diglycol, type of propellant. |
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C/12 n.A. primer. |
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FUZE: Nose Percussion Fuzes: A.Z. 23 (0.8) umg; A.Z. 23 (0.2) umg; A.Z. 23 m. 2 V. umg or Time and Percussion Fuzes: Dopp.Z. S/60 s; Dopp.Z. S/60 Lm. |
| PACKAGING: One projectile in a wicker basket. |
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100 pounds. |
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REMARKS: There is also a projectile designated: "15-cm Gr. 19 mit Zdlg 35/2000" of ap-proximately the same dimensions but with poured TNT filler. It has "35/2000" stenciled on body. Cartridge cases for other weapons are as follows: |
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s.F.H. 18 – (semifixed). |
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s.H.T. – (semifixed). |
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Figure 504 – H.E. Projectile, Type 19, 150-mm, 15-cm Gr. 19 |
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