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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,
19.4-cm Stg.Gr. 468 (f)

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