[david]

The Armstrong M1915 76/30 had a "standard" H.E shell weighing 4.28Kg. But do we know what the weight of the H.E filler was?

[madmike]

david, on 09 August 2011 - 11:21 AM, said:

The Armstrong M1915 76/30 had a "standard" H.E shell weighing 4.28Kg. But do we know what the weight of the H.E filler was?

http://www.ilmio.net/ArtiglieriA/index.php/Munizioni_d'Artiglieria_Italiana_1915-1918

[david]

That would be a great book to buy if I read Italian.

[Dili]

The shell was the same as 76/40 as far as i know. I think you can that info from web or from US French/Italian ordnance manual also on web .

[david]

Thanks, I'll see what I can find.

[madmike]

http://www.elbaforti...ta.it/76-40.htm

[david]

Can you read the pages concerning the munitions? I can't they are too blurred. But you did well to find anything at all. Thank you.

[Dili]

I made a mistake it appears the round in 76/30 was 4,28kg , but i have references for 6,0 and 6,5kg for 76/40, the first is probably the correct one and 6,5 a mistake for 6,05kg

All this data for Regiamarina guns.

Weight of TNT filling of 6.050kg projectiles was 0,50kg, complete round was 9,635kg - this was the 76/40 round.

The link by madmike shows different rounds and fillings, i can read them well, when you click them they don't pop up bigger?. They show the filling black powder in first 4 and the one with tritolo have also an old naming.