German 40mm Bofors APC Projectile.

[ron3350]

I just got a German Bofors 40mm Flak 28 round in a nice steel case. I ask about the projectile as these are scarce in Australia.
What base fuze/tracer fits this projectile ? It has pits but the stamps are still readable.
Looks like : enz 42 11 Ub but I doubt that it is a practice projectile.

123mm length, 74mm cavity with a step at 37.5mm. Weight is 852 grams .

 

[greif]

It is indeed a practice projectile. Recognizable by its stepped cavity. I used to have one with a solid dummy plug without a tracer.

 

[ron3350]

Thanks greif.
I see a copper drive-band on yours ? mine is iron. It looked like a Ub but I never thought Germany would bother making a Practice projectile with this shape.

 

[greif]

These practice projectiles with copper or iron driving bands I have seen were all marked with a German Navy acceptance stamp.
The German Navy APHE as pictured below has a different shape. It was equipped with a base fuze and tracer, but I don't now which type of fuze.
(photo from Fjordhouse Collection, Warmuseum Overloon, the Netherlands).