Hand flame cartridge

Hand flame cartridge DM 34

The DM 34 hand flame cartridge is a weapon that was used by the German Armed Forces from 1965 to 2001 . Hand-held flame cartridges create a dazzling and burning effect, their incendiary charge flares up in a flash after impact and develops intense heat and smoke.

General

Practice hand flame cartridge DM38 "caliber 35 mm, total length 445 mm, mass 625 g"

Ammunition box for hand-held flame cartridges (note the earlier common spelling of ß in uppercase letters as "SZ")

Manufactured by Buck Chemisch-Technische Werke GmbH, Bad Reichenhall , it is used primarily in local combat and in the fight for expanded positions or to combat dismounted (on foot) infantry , in some cases also in combat against tanks or vehicles. When used against armored vehicles, they are blinded and are incapable of fighting; under very favorable conditions they catch fire.

The hand-held flame cartridge has a range of up to 90 meters and consists of a yellow olive cartridge case and a fawn- colored trigger mechanism that are firmly connected to each other. The writing on the sharp cartridge is strawberry red.

The Bundeswehr also had a training cartridge. This corresponds to the original in shape and weight, but differs in the light blue marking of the cartridge with fawn-brown inscription and contains a display body with lime filling to detect a hit.

Both cartridges can only be used once.

function

After pulling the trigger , the fire body made of white phosphorus is ejected without delay and with high pressure. If it hits a hard object after a flight distance of at least 8 m, it bursts and releases the combustible material or it is ignited after 1.3 to 2.5 s by a decomposition rate, this then corresponds to a flight distance of 50 to 90 m. The fire material is distributed over an area approx. 15 m wide and 50 m long and burns at 1300 ° C.

Unsecured hand flame cartridge DM 34

Models

Various models were used in the Bundeswehr, which are listed in the following table.

DM number	Ammunition exchange code	designation	comment
DM24	KV90	Hand flame cartridge	TL DM12 with TLZ DM67
DM24A1B1	KV90	Hand flame cartridge	TL DM12B1 with TLZ DM67
DM28	KV91	Hand flame cartridge exercise	TL12 with TLZ DM67
DM28A1	KV91	Hand flame cartridge exercise	TL12 with TLZ DM67
DM28A1B1	KV91	Hand flame cartridge exercise	TL DM12B1 with TLZ DM67
DM34	KV92	Launcher and grenade, fire
DM38	KV93	Flame cartridge, hand, exercise
DM38	KV93	Launcher and grenade, exercise

Image display

Hand flame cartridge DM24

literature

Central Service Regulations (ZDv) 3/17 hand grenades, hand flame cartridges and the 40 mm grenade pistol, Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg), Bonn, as of January 30, 1980

Web links

Commons : Hand flame cartridge - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Outlawed, but not strictly prohibited - White phosphorus as a weapon. In: FAZ.net . January 23, 2009, accessed September 21, 2015 .

[faz-1756741-1] Outlawed, but not strictly prohibited - White phosphorus as a weapon. In: FAZ.net . January 23, 2009, accessed September 21, 2015 .