Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
60 COMIPANY OFFICER'S HANDBOOK Weapon .................... 20-mm, Model 38 37-mm, Models 88-mm, Models 36 and 37 18, 36, and 37 German designation | 2 crm Flatk 3S 3.7 cm Flak 36 and 37 S.S cm Flak 18, (;, and 37 Length of piece .......... 65 calibers 50 calibers 56 calibers Identification and recognition .......... Long thin barrel, bell- Long thin barrel, bell- Recuperator and countshaped muzzle brake shaped muzzle brake errecoil mechanism above barrel, recoil mechanism below barrel; long rammer and tray rear of breech block; double equilibrators in horizontal position forward of trunnions and below barrel; square shield for dual-purpose use Muzzle velocity 2,600 to 2,950 feet per 2,400 to 3,550 feet per 1,970 to 3,050 feet per second l second second Maximum horizontal range....._... 5,250 yards 7,100 yards 16,200 yards Effective vertical range,_ .............. 6,500 feet 13,775 feet 34,770 feet Rate of fire (normal) .____....... 180 to 220 rounds per 80 to 120 rounds per 15 to 20 rounds per minute minute minute Ammunition .............. High-explosive, incen- High-explosive, armor- High-explosive, armordiary, armor-piere- piercing, tracer piereing armor-piercing, tracer mag cap, hollow-charge Weight of projectile..- 3.55 to 5.16 ounces 0.79 to 1.88 pounds 16.0 to 20.75 pounds Armor penetration (at 870 yards and 30 degrees from normal) ..... - Up to 0.47 inch Up to 0.98 inch Up to 4.33 inches (12 mm) (25 mm) (110 mm) Weight in firing position .............. 900 pounds 3,400 pounds 10,000 pounds Method of trans- Truck-drawn or Truck-drawn or Drawn by half-track port ........................ mounted on half- mounted on halftrack track Elevation .................. -355 to +1,6000 mils -180 to+ 1,510 mils --55 to +1,1510 mils Traverse ...._....._..... | 6,400 mils 6,400 mils 6,400 mils Remarks.......__....... Iodel 30 substantially Model 18 substantially Model 41 similar in similar, but with similar general, but has a lower rate of fire longer barrel, is mounted lower, and has superior performance Figure 45.-Characteristics of common antiaircraft guns.
WEAPONS, OBSTACLES, AND VEHICLES 61 b. Land Mines Both antitank and antipersonnel mines are laid at every opportunity. Avenues of approach, roads, road shoulders, crossroads and road junctions, turnouts, parking areas, ditches, and culverts are often mined. Prepared positions are usually protected by mine fields. These mine fields may be laid in belts of various types of antitank and antipersonnel mines. Antipersonnel mines are scattered in any area in front of a German position which is favorable for the concentration or passage of opposing troops. The two most common types of mines are the T-mine (Tellermine) (fig. 46), an antitank mine, and the S-mine (Schrapnellmine) (fig. 47, p. 6'2), popularly known as the "Bouncing Baby," an antipersonnel mine. The T-mine can disable a tank by blowing its tracks off. The S-mine, when set off by being stepped on or by trip wires, leaps about 3 to 7 feet in the air and scatters a charge of about 320 steel balls, together with fragments of the case, in every direction up to 200 yards. Although the T-mine will not t000 ff- ffff f.::.< ,· Figure 46.-Antitank mine (Tellermine 43). (This mine has a steel case painted gray. It weighs 18 pounds. Including 12 pounds of TNT. Other types of antitank mines resembe it in general.)
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WEAPONS, OBSTACLES, AND VEHICLES 61<br />
b. Land Mines<br />
Both antitank and antipersonnel mines are laid at every opportunity.<br />
Avenues of approach, roads, road shoulders, crossroads and<br />
road junctions, turnouts, parking areas, ditches, and culverts are<br />
often mined. Prepared positions are usually protected by mine fields.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se mine fields may be laid in belts of various types of antitank<br />
and antipersonnel mines. Antipersonnel mines are scattered in any<br />
area in front of a <strong>German</strong> position which is favorable for the concentration<br />
or passage of opposing troops.<br />
<strong>The</strong> two most common types of mines are the T-mine (Tellermine)<br />
(fig. 46), an antitank mine, and the S-mine (Schrapnellmine)<br />
(fig. 47, p. 6'2), popularly known as the "Bouncing Baby," an<br />
antipersonnel mine. <strong>The</strong> T-mine can disable a tank by blowing its<br />
tracks off. <strong>The</strong> S-mine, when set off by being stepped on or by<br />
trip wires, leaps about 3 to 7 feet in the air and scatters a charge<br />
of about 320 steel balls, together with fragments of the case, in<br />
every direction up to 200 yards. Although the T-mine will not<br />
t000<br />
ff- ffff f.::.< ,·<br />
Figure 46.-Antitank mine (Tellermine 43). (This mine has a steel case painted gray.<br />
It weighs 18 pounds. Including 12 pounds of TNT. Other types of antitank mines resembe<br />
it in general.)
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