Luftwaffe Munitions

[III./ZG76_Keller]

Warhound was so kind as to share a whole bunch of great documents with us in this post: http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.com/forum/showthread.php?1988-Documents-about-tactics-gunnery-and-bombing

I was reading through the German Gunnery Manual and thought it might be helpful if I shared some of the information contained within it.


Original pages on the left, translations below corresponding page.

This took me 4 hours so please don't ask me to translate the whole thing. :dazed:

If some of our German speaking forum members can point on the mistakes I have made (probably many), please feel free to do so.


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[9./JG52 Jamz Dackel]

Interesting. Cheers

[Doc]

Nice! I still don't know what is required to bring down a spitty.

[335th_GRAthos]

Hi Keller,

awesome work translating all this!

As per your wish, some refinements:

page 30:
View this table and the image samples on page 33 with thought and consideration. You see: A projectile has always only o n e v e r y g o o d effect.

page 31:
In the meantime you hit quite well but, it is questionable to what effect.

page 32: (the last sentence you asked about)
But it will often sort itself out because not every type of ammunition is available with and without tracer.


~S~

[ATAG_Headshot]

Very interesting. Thanks a ton Keller!

[MiK_684]

Here is a detailed info how the Ammunition looks like
http://www.lexpev.nl/downloads/handbuchderflugzeugbordwaffenmunition19361945.pdf


and i have just found this interesting site,
http://www.lexpev.nl/manuals/germanyold.html

For all other Countries
http://www.lexpev.nl/manuals/index.html

cheers,
MiK

[ATAG_Colander]

Nice! I still don't know what is required to bring down a spitty.

4 109's

[9./JG52 Jamz Dackel]

4 109's

Thats fighting talk Colander..

I only need my trusty steed

[Chair1]

Thanks Keller for your work on this information. I have always been confused as to the effect of the rounds and what I wanted in my belts. This is great!!!!!:grandpa