rexford Posted April 8, 2001 Share Posted April 8, 2001 Couple of questions came up: 1. Did 85mm fire rounds with ballistic cap? 2. Did Germans use 50mm and 88mm AP rounds in Russia that did not have any caps at all? 3. Did Pzgr 39 rounds for 50mm and 88mm come without caps and were they softer than later war German ammo. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalin's Organ Posted April 8, 2001 Share Posted April 8, 2001 Check out: http://history.vif2.ru/guns/project_1.html According to this table the 3 of the 85mm gun AP rounds had characteristics: 5 Warhead with a sharp tip; 6 Blunt warhead with a ballistic cap; 7 Warhead of improved armor penetration Obviously the one footnoted 6 has a ballistic cap. I suspect 5 = AP shot, 6 = APCBC and 7 = APC, but I can't swear to it. Can't answer the other questions sorry, except to note that I didn'tthink the Germans used any AP shot for the 88 - it was all APC or APCBC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexford Posted April 8, 2001 Author Share Posted April 8, 2001 We obtained drawings, from two different sources, of the BR-365 and BR-365K ammo for 85mm gun, and they are both uncapped pointed nose APHE. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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