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3,7 cm rocket assisted projectile
- Thread starter Nabob
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you'r welcome Bob.
Unfortunely no info about this gun and ammunition.
I only know was developed by Skoda in 1909 and further modified in 1911 and 1918.
Alsoo Czech produced an export version as 4cm Z1 on tankette MU-6 and 6MT
czech:
jugo:
Austro Hungarian at Budapest museum
Here a couple of rounds from Robert Mellichamp book:
Hard to say who produced your shell and in wich time.... I see a self destruct hole between tracer and explosive charge. This denote a post ww1 productione for me. And also fuze is quite modern design. I suppose a Czeck production.
best regards
Unfortunely no info about this gun and ammunition.
I only know was developed by Skoda in 1909 and further modified in 1911 and 1918.
Alsoo Czech produced an export version as 4cm Z1 on tankette MU-6 and 6MT
czech:
jugo:
Austro Hungarian at Budapest museum
Here a couple of rounds from Robert Mellichamp book:
Hard to say who produced your shell and in wich time.... I see a self destruct hole between tracer and explosive charge. This denote a post ww1 productione for me. And also fuze is quite modern design. I suppose a Czeck production.
best regards
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Hi Bob,
when you look on the piece under the powder grain, it have a special "venturi" shape ! It can effectively be a rocket assisted projectile.
But.....I'm not sure that in the period given by Fert, the technology was thinking about RA projectiles. It can effectively be a long time tracer.
Yoda
You have very good eyes, RichardB !
Now, I ask myself how the, I suppose, black powder grain is ignite ?
By the flame of the propulsive charge ? Impossible with this big plug on the bottom or can I also see a little hole for this action ?
If it is so, the black powder should can serve as propellant AND as self-destruct system of the projectile. That can confirm the AA projectile !
Yoda
Now, I ask myself how the, I suppose, black powder grain is ignite ?
By the flame of the propulsive charge ? Impossible with this big plug on the bottom or can I also see a little hole for this action ?
If it is so, the black powder should can serve as propellant AND as self-destruct system of the projectile. That can confirm the AA projectile !
Yoda