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Prussian DEMONTIRGESHOSS

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Bellifortis

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Hallo,
just today I downloaded a bookletfrom 1873 that was originally planned to be used at the "Royal Prussian Officers School". There I found the attached drawing of 12 and 15cm DEMONTIRGESCHOSSE. I think this will mean Antimasonry Rounds. I have never seen anything like this. in any collection, anywhere. Does anybody here know of a collection including this ?
regards,
BellifortisDemontirgeschoß.jpg
 
Hi,


Could help to have the text related to those drawings.
Can you put a link to the book, please ?

S.
 
If I remember right these were tested in Poland, maybe at Silberberg (former prussian territory) in the late 1850's. So if there is any of them existing then maybe in a polish collection. I don't think that there's one in a german collection.
 
Hi sgdbdr,
the resolution of the scan is not high, so I can't read everything.
(ausgeschieden) = withdrawn
12cm, im Durchschnitt = vertical sectoning
Kegel = Cone
Trichter = funnel
rechwinkelige Einschnitte = right angeled notches
(Reifelung) = rifling
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_y-taAAAAcAAJ I hope this will help and that the link wil work.
Regards,
Bellifortis.
sgdbdr said:
Hi,


Could help to have the text related to those drawings.
Can you put a link to the book, please ?

S.
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There are 3 results here : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?field1=ocr;q1=DEMONTIRGESCHOSS;a=srchls;lmt=ft

One in French, two in german.

In "Revue d'Artillerie", Rough translation : 12 and 15 guns can fire a particular projectile called turbine-projectile or Demontirgeschoss. Fluted, cylindro-conic shape, very obtuse head and hollowed on the other side. In the head, four hélicoïdal canals. Gazes through these canals give a rotation movement to the projectile. Meant to target materials, had good results up to 7-800m. Beyond that, rotation is too slow and trajectory becomes erratic.

Cheers,

S.
 
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