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WW2 GERMAN NAVY (KREIGSMARINE) 37mm (37 x 381mm R)

orcutteod

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I'm interested in this unusual 37mm but am not familiar with it so I'm hoping I can get some education here.
 

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Here are pages from the "M.Dv. 170,03".
 

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With the Naval weapons page it is stated that:

"1a: Later in the war, there was also a mine round developed for this gun. This had the same good ballistics but carried a more potent 125g HE filler at the expense of reducing the tracer element (1200m instead of 4800m)."

Has anyone ever seen this type of projectile, or even a description? I've never even heard of it.

Regards, DJH
 
I went ahead and got the KM shell note the size difference when compared to a flak 37x263 belted case round.
 

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