Propellant bag

Animated functional principle of a turret. Four bags of propellant powder are loaded with the projectile.

Propellant bags are used in artillery technology to simplify the loading process of a gun . The propellant powder is portioned and sewn into rayon bags. The entire propellant charge is often further divided into several smaller bags. Each bag is filled with a defined amount of a certain type of powder with a certain grain structure (e.g. "noodles", sticks, five-hole sticks).

At the command of the fire control , the ammunition gunner removes individual cargo bags from the heaviest cargo if the maximum range is not required according to the firing board . The propellant charge bags to be fired are then either placed directly in the charge space of the gun behind the projectile or placed in cartridges .

Due to the strong heat and pressure generated during the shot, the propellant charge bags burn largely without residue.

Exercise bullets and propellant charges for the Panzerhaubitze 2000. On the left front various fuses, behind the propellant charges. To the right of it the floors. Before that, the igniter maker (in the box) and the igniter key.

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• Ammunition leaflet of the Bundeswehr, series 1320
• Weapons technical paperback from Rheinmetall, 1977 , text file in the internet archive

See also

• Cartridge (ammunition)
• Cartridge (ammunition)
• Modular propellant charge