150mm guns ammunition in WW1
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150mm
L/30 gun |
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Shrapnel M. 04 |
Fuze: |
Dopp. Z.
S/30 (T&P Bulgarian fuze graduated up to 30”) |
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Shell: |
40 kg –
900 bullets x 20 g, 400 g of black powder (Krupp shell) 40 kg –
900 bullets x 20 g, 635 g of black powder (Schneider shell) 450mm x
149.1 mm |
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Colour: |
The body and the ogive is grey |
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Shrapnel M. 14 |
Fuze: |
Dopp. Z.
S/43 (T&P Bulgarian fuze graduated up to 33 lines) |
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Shell: |
40 kg –
1225 bullets x 15 g, 410 g of black powder 450mm x 149.1
mm |
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Colour: |
The body and the ogive is grey |
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Mine Shell (old pattern) |
Fuze: |
Dopp. Z.
S/43 (T&P Bulgarian fuze graduated up to 33 lines) |
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Shell: |
40 kg –
8.785 kg of Schneiderite 675 x
149.1 mm |
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Colour: |
The body
is brown and the ogive is black |
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Mine Shell M. 1912 |
Fuze: |
Dopp. Z.
S/43 (T&P Bulgarian fuze graduated up to 33 lines) |
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Shell: |
40 kg –
8.170 kg of Schneiderite 675 x
149.1 mm |
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Colour: |
The body
and the ogive is yellow |
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Mine Shell M. 1914 |
Fuze: |
Gr.Z.
14 (German percussion fuze) |
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Shell: |
40 kg –
8.850 kg of Füllpulver 02 (Trotyl) 675 x
149.1 mm |
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Colour: |
The body
and the ogive is green |
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Mine Shell M. 1916 |
Fuze: |
Gr.Z. 04
(Krupp percussion fuze) |
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Shell: |
40 kg –
6.4 kg of Füllpulver 60/40 585 x
149.1 mm |
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Colour: |
The body
and the ogive is yellow |
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H.E. Shell M. 1916 |
Fuze: |
Gr.Z.
14 (German percussion fuze) |
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Shell: |
40 kg –
2.53 kg of Füllpulver 60/40 450 x
149.1 mm |
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Colour: |
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Charges |
3.635 kg
of 325+162x9x6.5 of tubular nitroglycerine powder + 45 g of black
powder |
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3.6 kg of 325+162x9x6.5
of tubular nitroglycerine powder + 45 g of black powder |
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3.750 kg
of 290x5x2.5 of tubular nitroglycerine powder + 45 g of black
powder |
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3.820 kg
of 250+250x9x5.5 of tubular nitroglycerine powder + 45 g of black
powder |
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150mm
L/40 gun on wheeled road-carriage |
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15cm Sprenggranate L/3.6 |
Fuze: |
Gr.Z.
16 (German percussion fuze) Dopp. Z.
S/43 (T&P Bulgarian fuze graduated up to 33 lines) |
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Shell: |
40 kg –
4.4 kg of Füllpulver 2 40 kg –
4.5 kg of Füllpulver 2 40 kg –
4.8 kg of Füllpulver 2 Eventually
300 g of smoke producer 500 x
149.7mm (without the fuze) Thickness
of the body 45mm – thickness of the wall 22mm Width of
the driving band 20mm and 15 mm |
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Colour: |
The body is
yellow, the ogive is black |
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15cm Sprenggranate L/5 (Haube) |
Fuze: |
Gr.Z.
16 (German percussion fuze) Hbgr.Z. 17
(German percussion fuze) Dopp. Z.
s/43 (T&P Bulgarian fuze graduated up to 33’) Dopp. Z 16
o. Az. (T&P fuze without percussion system) |
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Shell: |
44 kg –
4.8 kg of Füllpulver 2 44 kg –
4.8 kg of Füllpulver 60/40 + Dinitrobenzene Eventually
300 g of smoke producer 750 x
149.7mm (with the false cap = Haube) 500 x
149.7 (without the ogive) Thickness
of the body 45mm – thickness of the wall 22mm Width of
the driving band 20mm and 15 mm |
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Colour: |
The body
and the ogive is yellow In some
shells the false cap is grey |
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15cm Sprenggranate L/3 (Haube) |
Fuze: |
Bd.Z. fü
Spr.Gr. (base fuze for Mine shell) |
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Shell: |
45 kg –
1.62 kg of Granatfüllung 88 450 x
149.7 (without the ogive) Thickness
of the body 53mm – thickness of the wall 30mm Width of
the driving band 25mm |
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Colour: |
The body
and the ogive is yellow |
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Charges |
full
charge: 7.2 kg of tubular nitroglycerine powder reduced
charge: 5 kg of tubular nitroglycerine powder |
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