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| GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
| CHAPTER 5 |
| GERMAN PROJECTILES |
| H.E. PROJECTILE TYPE L/4.6 WITH NOSE FUZE, 150-MM |
| GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15-cm Sprgr. L/4.6 (Kopfzünder). (See fig. 510.) |
| EMPLOYMENT: 15-cm K. 39 (Kanone 39) Gun 39. |
| PROJECTILE: |
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26.88 inches, over-all length. |
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5.86 inches, diameter of bourrelet. |
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99.0 pounds, total weight. |
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Unstreanlined base. |
| CARTRIDGE CASE (German nomenclatur 6318 [semi-fixed]): |
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20.67 inches, over-all length. |
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No shoulder. |
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7.28 inches, diameter of base. |
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31.9 pounds, weight of propellant. |
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Tubular Diglyclo, type of propellant. |
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C/12 n.A. primer. |
| FUZE: Nose percussion Fuze E.Kz. m.V. (0.12), |
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or Time and Percussion Fuze Dopp.Z. S/60. |
| REMARKS: Information is from captured documents. |
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Figure 510 – H.E. Projectile, Type L/4.6, 150-mm, |
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