Accession Number:
AD0768778
Title:
Examination of Unfired 75 mm. A.P.C., H.E. Projectile Complete Round of German Ammunition (FMAM-289).
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept. no. 1 (Final),
Corporate Author:
PICATINNY ARSENAL DOVER N J
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1944-06-05
Pagination or Media Count:
16.0
Abstract:
An unfired German 75 mm. A.P.C., H.E. Projectile Complete Round, for the Pak 40 Gun, was subjected to technical examination. The complete round consists of a capped armor piercing projectile with windshield, of conventional design, crimped in a primed steel cartridge case. The projectile is loaded with a rpessed cyclonite charge consisting of 89.7 cyclonite and 10.3 wax. A base detonating fuze, with tracer, is assembled in the base of the projectile. The cartridge case contains a propelling charge of double base nitrocellulose-DEGN powder in long cords, with igniter of nitrocellulose-DEGN powder, and a short percussion type primer.
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Subject Categories:
- Ammunition and Explosives