Comments on: Yuri Pasholok answers on questions

By: fshfd

fshfd — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 05:31:55 +0000

oh, and before i forget it: it was 10 rounds (5 AP + 5HE) + 3 spare cartridges to use with the 3 spare AP projectiles.
+ 2 HE for… you know what to do with your tank when you run out of ammo…

thats how we krauts used to do it and still do.

By: fshfd

fshfd — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 05:15:17 +0000

sorry for my bad english, but:

the “K” stands for “Kartusche” which is nothing more than a cartridge.
a cartridge is shell already set up with a propellant, you just put the projectile on it and its ready.

By: Captian Nemo

Captian Nemo — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:48:16 +0000

It’s still possible that a munition panzer was moving extra ammo back and forth between the front and rear. Such vehicles were made out fo Panzer I, II, III’s as they became useless.

By: Captian Nemo

Captian Nemo — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:51:52 +0000

The Shell is separate from the Charges (Brass) nothing really more to be said about that.

By: Captian Nemo

Captian Nemo — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:50:53 +0000

Some times Doyle’s “Encyclopedia of German Tanks of Word War Two” contradicts his own Panzer Tracts. It can be very annoying. You have to always check the publication date.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:33:32 +0000

Yet only one gas mask and canteen. At least their feet were dry…

By: kalawit .

kalawit . — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:51:33 +0000

What’s on the 6o’clock of gun? Could be the additional 2 charges behind them?

By: Nechrom

Nechrom — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:37:04 +0000

The “18 shells” found on wikipedia and everywhere else is according to Hilary Doyle’s “Encyclopedia of German Tanks of Word War Two”.
WG loves to go against his findings. I think it’s a sport for them at this point.

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:34:28 +0000

I remember now It is on the Grille M. It may only be on the mid-engine type.
Here is a view of the flap shell holders.
http://www.spruebrothers.com/gmwimages/images/Criel/crr032.JPG

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:33:43 +0000

Sure they were, *especially* for big guns like this. An unitary cartridge would have been too large and heavy to be really manageable.