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GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES
CHAPTER 5
GERMAN PROJECTILES
H.E. PROJECTILE FOR 155-MM GUN
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 15.5-cm Stg.Gr. 423 (f). (See fig. 522.)
WEAPONS:

French Guns:

K. 420 (f), L 1916 StCh.

K. 419 (f), GPF–T.

K. 418 (f), GPF.
PROJECTILE:

Caliber: 155 mm.

Kind: Shell.

Type: H.E.

Weight: 82 pounds empty (loaded and fuzed).

Color: O.D.
TRACER: None.
BOOSTER: Booster integral with fuze.
FUZE:

Nomenclature: Same as 15.5-cm Stg.Gr. 423 (f) frz 18 FATO.
REMARKS:

Note 1. – This projectile has been found in large quanities in German Dumps, but in all in-stances empty of explosives.

Note 2. – This projectile is of German manufacture for the above-mentioned weapons and differs from the French in that it has only one rotating band which is bi-metallic.

Figure 522 – H.E. Projectile 155-mm, 15.5-cm Stg. Gr. 423 (f)

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