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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| H.E. PROJECTILE FOR HEAVY INFANTRY GUN, 150-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Jgr. 38 (Infanteriegranate 38). (See fig. 506.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: 15-cm schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33 (Heavy Infantry Gun 33). |
| PROJECTILE, painted green: |
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25.747 inches, over-all length. |
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0.433 inch, width of rotating band – single. Bimetallic or soft iron, composition of rota-ting band. |
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5.905 inches, diameter of base. |
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83.6 pounds, total weight. |
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18.26 pounds, weight of bursting-charge. |
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TNT plus Smoke Box, type of bursting charge. |
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Zdlg. 36 booster. |
| CARTRIDE CASE (German nomenclature 6303 [semi-fixed]): |
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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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1.2 pounds, weight of propellant. |
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Flaked Diglykol, type of propellant. |
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C/12 n.A. primer. |
| FUZE: Nose Percussion Fuze s.Jgr.Z. 23 (0.4). |
| PACKAGING: One projectile to a wicker basket. |
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REMARKS: When this projectile has been fired, there will 44 engravings on its rotating band. There is also a round designated "15-cm Jgr. 33" which is similar except that the projectile has a screwed-in base plate. |
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Figure 506 – H.E. Projectile for Heavy Infantry Gun, 150-mm, 15-cm Jgr. 38 |
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