GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - PROJECTILES AND PROJECTILE FUZES |
CHAPTER 5 |
GERMAN PROJECTILES |
H.E. PROJECTILE FOR 194-MM FRENCH RAILWAY GUN |
GERMAN NOMENCLATURE: 19.4-cm Stg.Gr. 486 (f). (See fig. 526.) |
WEAPONS: French Railway Gun: 19.4-cm K. (E) 486 (f) Mle 1870-1893 |
PROJECTILE: |
Caliber: 194 mm |
Kind: Shell |
Type: H.E. |
Weight: 182 pounds (loaded and fuzed). |
Color: Black body; yellow ogive. |
CHARGE: |
Number: MDN. |
Weight: 22 pounds. |
Kind: Melinite with dinitronapthaline added. |
TRACER: none. |
BOOSTER: Integral with fuze. |
FUZE: |
Nomenclature: Unknown. |
Figure 526 – H.E. Projectile for 194-mm French
Railway Gun, |
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