7.92 x 94 mm
| 7.92 x 94 mm | |
|---|---|
| general information | |
| caliber | 7.92 x 94 mm |
| Dimensions | |
| Sleeve shoulder ⌀ | 18.26 mm |
| Sleeve neck ⌀ | 8.82 mm |
| Floor ⌀ | 7.94 mm |
| Cartridge bottom ⌀ | 20.82 mm |
| Sleeve length | 94.00 mm |
| Cartridge length | 118.00 mm |
| Weights | |
| Bullet weight | 14.50 g |
| Powder weight | 14.70 g |
| total weight | 84.00 g |
| Technical specifications | |
| Speed v 0 | 1210 m / s |
| Bullet energy E 0 | 10615 J. |
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The 7.92 × 94 mm P318 is a German armor-piercing rifle cartridge that was developed in the early 1930s .
development
Based on experience with the M1918 tank rifle in World War I , the Panzerbüchse 38 was developed for the infantry , which was supposed to fire ammunition, which was also to be newly developed.
The starting point for the development was the 13 × 92 mm HR cartridge , the penetration power of which was to be increased by reducing the caliber, the associated higher bullet speed and thus higher kinetic energy. The half rim of the 13 × 92 mm HR was given up in favor of a rimless sleeve.
ammunition
The combat cartridge 318 was provided with a pointed bullet with a hard core , tracer and gas capsule (SmKH-Rs tracer bullet).
Exercise cartridges had a pointed bullet without tracer and irritant gas capsule, and there were also space and exercise cartridges.
Penetration performance
The bullets penetrated 20 mm of armor steel at a 30 ° angle of impact and 300 m away . Even at the beginning of World War II, this was no longer sufficient to combat medium tanks.
weapons
- Anti-tank rifle 38
- Anti-tank rifle 39
- Anti-tank rifle M.SS41
- MG 141 / EW 141: Prototypes as turret weapons for Panzer I and II
literature
- Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday . (1918-1945). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , cartridges, p. 81 .
- Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday . (1918-1945). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , weapons, p. 217-222 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ MG 141 and MG 131/8 in WW2? forums.spacebattles.com, accessed March 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Bob Carruthers: Panzers I & II: Germany's Light Tanks (= Hitler's War Machine ). Pen and Sword, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4738-4523-7 , pp. 37 ( limited preview in Google Book Search - American English: Panzers I & II: Germany's Light Tanks .).
Web links
- Maxim Popenker: 7.9x94 Patr. 318. In: Modern Firearms. modernfirearms.net, accessed February 28, 2018 .
- Anthony G Williams: An Introduction to Anti-Tank Rifle Cartridges. In: quarryhs.co.uk. January 2013, accessed February 28, 2018 .
- 7.92x95. In: MUNICION.ORG. www.municion.org, accessed March 1, 2018 (Spanish).