8,8cm thin walled Brandsprenggranate

[pzgr40]

At first -due to lack of info and the top part missing- I misinterped it as an 8,8cm M-shell. Later I understood it was a Brandsprenggranate -obtaining the incendiary pellets-, but still missing the top part. I finally got the top part, but it took me some years to finally refinish the cutaway model (I hate doing a job twice). So today I fanally finished the third type of Brandsprenggranate. Where the first two types have a central exploder in a cartboard tube with rings or loose incendiary segments around them, this type has a central cartboard tube with incendiary pellets with explosives placed around it. As with most German shells the booster is Pentrite (pink), I make the educated guess it was the same in this case.
The projectile is stamped march 1945, so I assume it was too late to be taken into large scale production.

Postings discussing this projectile can be found here:

Light Weight 1945 German 8,8cm High Explosive Shell with Special Fuse Thread | British Ordnance Collectors Network

Looking for information about this german 8,8 cm projectile | British Ordnance Collectors Network

Piotrs Picture gave me much info, as it is now clear to me how the stack of incendiary pellets were placed in the shell; a cartboard tube containing the pellet, most probably glued in the explosive charge by means of magnesiumkit.

If anybody has any more info, please let me know.

Regards, DJH

 

[pzgr40]

I could not take a picture of the three projectiles togeher last night due to lack of daylight, so here a picture with daylight.

 

[pysall]

Very nice too!

 

[Grzesio]

The fuse here is Zt.Z. S/30 CC, if I see correctly?

 

[pzgr40]

The fuse here is Zt.Z. S/30 CC, if I see correctly?

correct.