Accession Number:
AD0768915
Title:
Examination of Unfired 47 mm. A.P., H.E. (Long Nose) Complete Round of Italian Ammunition
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept. no 1 (Final)
Corporate Author:
PICATINNY ARSENAL DOVER NJ
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1943-03-11
Pagination or Media Count:
13.0
Abstract:
One 47 mm. A.P., H.E. Complete Round of Italian Ammunition was received for examination. The complete round consists of an uncapped armor piercing projectile, with windshield, assembled in a primed brass cartridge case. The projectile is loaded with an Ammonium Nitrate - Cyclonite bursting charge and fuzed with a base detonating fuze containing a tracer. The cartridge case contains a double base strip type propelling charge with a black powder igniter and a short aluminum dummy primer.
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Subject Categories:
- Ammunition and Explosives