Panzergranate 40-43
The Panzergranate 40/43 or Pzgr.40/43 was a German armour-piercing shell used during World War 2. It was manufactured in various calibers for various vehicles'. It was used in German tank guns during WWII and the period leading up to it.
Design
The Pzgr.40/43 was an APCR shell. There were different adjustments of the shell, they were minor, but some of the changes included changing the inner core of the round ( Data Below ). The standard round was the PzGr. 40 (HK) was the originally planned standard core, but the latter two seem to have been created when the Germans were running low / out of tungsten later during the war [1], and due to this they experimented with other more widely available materials that they had available at the time.
Technical Data
1. PzGr. 40 (or PzGr. 40 (Hk)): This used a tungsten alloy core (HK = Hartkern -> hard core)
2. PzGr. 40 (St): This used a steel core (St = Stahl -> steel)
3. PzGr 40 (W): This used an iron core (W = Weicheisen -> soft iron)[2]
Gun(s) fired from : (German: Kampfwagenkanone; shortened to KwK) and anti-tank guns (German: Panzerabwehrkanone(n); shortened to PaK).
References
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