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GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES
CHAPTER 5
GERMAN PROJECTILES
H.E. PROJECTILE FOR GUN 16, 150-MM

GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Hbgr. 16 (15-cm Haubitzgranate 16) (See fig. 505.) [15-cm Haubengranate 16]
EMPLOYMENT: 15-cm K. 16 (Kanone 16) Gun 16.
PROJECTILE:

29.59 inches, over-all length.

5.86 inches, diameter of bourrelet.

5.89 inches, diameter of base.

113.0 pounds, total weight.

TNT in cardboard container, type of bursting charge.

Ballistic cap.

Unstreamlined base.
CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclature 6304 [semifixed]):

28.54 inches, over-all length.

No shoulder.

6.929 inches, diameter of base.

Tubular nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose with nitroguanadine, type of propellant.

16.0 pounds weight of propellant small charge plus

3.0 ounces, igniter powder.

26.0 pounds, weight of propellant medium charge plus

3.0 ounces, igniter powder.

29.0 pounds, weight of propellant large charge plus

3.0 ounces, igniter powder.

FUZE: Nose Percussion Fuze Hbgr.Z. 17/23 or 17/23 umg or Time and Percussion Fuze Dopp.Z. 16 m.K. or 16 m.F.
PACKAGING: One projectile to a wicker basket – 118.8 pounds.

REMARKS: There is also a round designated "15-cm Hbgr. 16 umg" using fuze A.Z. f. Hbgr. or Dopp.Z. S/60 (Ms). It is the same weight and employs the same propellant char-ges.

Figure 505 – H.E. Projectile for Gun 16, 150-mm, 15-cm Hbgr. 16

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