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Label from ammo box. Need help dechipering!

Bergflak

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The following label is (almost) standard in all wooden 2-round boxes of Panzerschreck ammo. I am trying to dechiper what the different columns mean. I have added a red number to the different columns to help in the process.

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1. 8,8 cm R Pz B Gr 4322 Designated abreviaton for the grenade
2. A.Z. 5095/1 Anschlagznder 5095/1
3. 97 Code for the explosive mixture. 700 grams of (Hexogen or Cyclocol?) and TNT in a 60:40 mix
4. 7R Unknown code. Need help!
5. Digl. R.P. -9,5 -(200*11,6/5,6) Rocket motor contents. "Diglycol" R.P. -9,5 -Raketen Pulver? I assume the (200*11,6/5,6) is length of the sticks, outer diameter and inner diameter
6. rdf. 1944/3 rdf. is not a code. If rdf was a code it would not have been issued as early as April 1944. rdf must an abreviaton, but for what? /3 must be the LOT number.
7. Tpn. 17. 4. 44. A. I assume that Tpn is short for Tpehin. Tpehin was mentioned in one of the earliest documents concerning the development of the ammunition as a supply point. Has anyone any knowledge what the place has to do with it?
8. DR ?
 
seite a.jpgseite b.jpgI found something in an original -Heeresdienstvorschrift-.I hope this will help you.
Your number 4 is here "d"- number of explosive-means which varity of explosive.
Your number 8 is here "m"- (puh,hard to translate) -the way how the explosives are structured.
I hope you understand it:tinysmile_grin_t:
regards stefan
 
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rdf is on other labels the Rheinisch-Westfalisches explosives works in Reinsdorf, why can it not be the same here? Codes in three-letter format was issued from at least 1941.
-S
 
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