Questions About 38,1-cm Psgr.zu
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 11:24 pm
I am a bit confused about something. A number of sources (including this web site) indicate the 38cm Psgr (APCBC) projectile had a weight of 800-kg and muzzle velocity of 820-m/s.
However in reviewing a wartime German document entitled: "Awa A IA 100/40 g.Kdos Unterlagen mad Richtlinien zur Beslimmung der Hauptkampfentfernung und der Geschosswahl", the 38cm psgr projectile is indicated as having a weight of 875-kg and a muzzle velocity of 745m/s. The same document has an introduction in English written by US Naval Technical Mission in Europe. This post war USN write-up indicates the 38-cm "AP" projectile (which I assume is 38cm Psgr) had a weight of 800-kg. Yet the German tables and charts clearly show the projectile weight being 875-kg. The muzzle velocity is not indicated in the USN write-up, but the German text clearly indicates Mv=745m/s.
Were there two different 38cm psgr projectiles produced during the war?
However in reviewing a wartime German document entitled: "Awa A IA 100/40 g.Kdos Unterlagen mad Richtlinien zur Beslimmung der Hauptkampfentfernung und der Geschosswahl", the 38cm psgr projectile is indicated as having a weight of 875-kg and a muzzle velocity of 745m/s. The same document has an introduction in English written by US Naval Technical Mission in Europe. This post war USN write-up indicates the 38-cm "AP" projectile (which I assume is 38cm Psgr) had a weight of 800-kg. Yet the German tables and charts clearly show the projectile weight being 875-kg. The muzzle velocity is not indicated in the USN write-up, but the German text clearly indicates Mv=745m/s.
Were there two different 38cm psgr projectiles produced during the war?