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10 cm Austrian interwar HE projectile

William49

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I found some photos of a 10 cm projectile in a Russian ammunition page. They describe this projectile as a Czech production. But in picture No. 1 you can see the letters ENZ (stands for company Enzensfeld at Hirtenberg in Austria). Who has more info to this Projectile and the PD fuse M 32? A similar fuse also was used for the 7,5 cm mountain gun.
 

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Neither shell /fuze is not Czech. It is Austrian, circa 1932.
Used for 7.5cm Mountain cannon vz.15 in Austria.
Akon
 
I'm confused - are we mixing up the item in the diagram with the item in the photo? Otherwise how does a projectile described as 10cm function in a 7.5cm cannon? Was there a similar Austrian weapon in 10cm?
 
I'm confused - are we mixing up the item in the diagram with the item in the photo? Otherwise how does a projectile described as 10cm function in a 7.5cm cannon? Was there a similar Austrian weapon in 10cm?

I think William49 shared the diagram for an example (7.5 shell) as the fuze 7.5cm M32 has the same shape as the fuze 10cm M32
 
After which Akon identified the shell/fuze as used for 7.5 mountain cannon, or only the fuze? I read the original post as for a 10cm with a comparison diagram, but it was the second that threw me off. I expect it is a language difference, but wasn't sure.
 
After which Akon identified the shell/fuze as used for 7.5 mountain cannon, or only the fuze? I read the original post as for a 10cm with a comparison diagram, but it was the second that threw me off. I expect it is a language difference, but wasn't sure.

[h=1]H.Dv.481/10 Merkblatt für die Österreichische munition der Gebirgskanone 15 , 13.06.1940.[/h]Anlage 1 > ...
 
Hello everybody, sorry that some viewers are confused. The photos are shown an Austrian 10 cm projectile with a PD fuze for 10,0 cm M32. The only document that I have is the H.Dv. 481/10 where the PD fuze for 7,5 cm M 32 is shown for the 7,5 cm mountain HE projectile 32 and the mountain smoke projectile 32 ( because the Germans used the mountain gun 15 during the WW II). I was looking for info about the fuze M 32 and the 10 cm Austrian projectile. I send an inquiry to the Military Historical Museum in Vienna. But they have no documents about the fuze and ammunition from the interwar time. I hope that someone in BOCN can help me.
 

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H.Dv. 119/424 Vorläufige Kommandotafel für die 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze 16 (ö) mit 10 cm A.Z. Granate M 32, M 15/29, 15/32 und 10 cm Dopp. Z. Gr. M 15/30 .
I don't have anything for a fuze.
Akon
 
The document is here: http://michaelhiske.de.

Vorläufige Kommandotafel für die 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze 16 (ö)
1. Allgemeine Angaben
B. Munition

a) 10 cm A.Z.Gr. M 32​
1. Dieses Geschoß hat eine schlanke Spitze und ist durch einen Streifen roter Lackfarbe um die Mitte der Geschoßhülle als Granate kenntlich.
2.Geschoßgewicht = 13,6 kg
3.Zünder: A.Z. 32
Vor dem Schießen ist die Nagelsicherungskappe abzuschrauben und der Zünder auf Kommando "m.V." zu stellen.
4. Ladung 1. – 5. und eine gesondert verpackte Teilladung "Z" zur Herstellung der 6. oder Zusatzladung.
5.Leistung: V[SUB]0[/SUB] = 210, 237, 266, 298, 350 und 397 m/s.
Bob
 
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