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Help for a WW2 Naval ammo

kz11gr

Well-Known Member
Good evening

Do you have please informations about the 12.7 cm Naval ammunition (German WW2) SK C/34
  • Case : different Hstps , and dimensions
  • Shells : different models
  • About 12.7 cm Abkomm Kan L/35
Thank you for your help

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TypeSeparate
Weight of Complete RoundN/A
Projectile Types and WeightsHE - 61.7 lbs. (28.0 kg)
ILLUM - 60.4 lbs. (27.4 kg)
Bursting ChargeHE - 18.7 lbs. (8.5 kg)
Projectile Length22.2 in (56.5 cm)
Propellant Charge19.2 lbs. (8.7 kg) RPC/38 (6.4/2.6)
Cartridge - 35.3 lbs. (16 kg)
Muzzle VelocityHE - 2,723 fps (830 mps)
ILLUM - 2,133 fps (650 mps)
Working Pressure18.7 tons/in[SUP]2[/SUP] (2,950 kg/cm[SUP]2[/SUP])
Approximate Barrel Life1,950 rounds
Ammunition stowage per gunZ1, Z17 and Z35 classes: 120 rounds
Leopard and Luchs: 100 rounds
T61: 150 rounds
Type XI U-boats: 270 rounds
Grille and Bremse: N/A
Vasilevs Georgios: 192 rounds
Notes:1) Outfits for destroyers were nose and base fuzed HE with and without tracer and 80 illumination rounds per ship.
2) Nammo Raufoss produced an anti-ship projectile (ASP M88) starting in 1989. This projectile has the same interior and external ballistics as the earlier German rounds. The projectile weighs 61.7 lbs. (28.0 kg) and has a bursting charge of 7.0 lbs. (3.2 kg).
3) HE had a radius of 8.6 calibers.
 
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Here what I found in the Deminest of Mr Henry belot (French EOD)


Yoda
 

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Thank you charley777 and Yodamaster

Who can show some different HSTPS of the case ?

I have heard of some cases stamped "12,7cm 34" ...
 
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