Battering charges adopted in 1912-1914
|
Guns |
Powder |
Weight of the charge with the ignitor |
Muzzle velocity |
Year of adoption |
|
Vereinigte
Köln-Rottweiler Pulverfabriken AG |
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|
7,5cm field guns |
D.R.P. 180 x 8 x
6.5 |
340 g + 10 g of
black powder |
460 m/s |
1914 |
|
8,7cm field guns |
D.R.P. 210 x 8 x
6.5 |
520 g + 10 g of
black powder |
535 m/s |
1914 |
|
12cm L/25 guns |
D.R.P. 180 + 90 x
8 x 6.5 |
1100 g + 30 g of
black powder |
460 m/s |
1914 |
|
12cm L/28 guns |
D.R.P. 250 x 9 x
5.5 |
1700 g + 30 g of
black powder |
500 m/s |
1914 |
|
15cm L/30 guns |
D.R.P. 250 + 250
x 9 x 5.5 |
3820 g + 45 g of
black powder |
520 /s |
1914 |
|
12cm L/12 field howitzers |
W.P. 4 x 4 x 1 |
0,470 kg 0,300 kg 0.195 kg + 10 g of
black powder |
268 m/s 194 m/s 150 m/s |
1912 |
|
15cm L/12 howitzers |
W.P. 4 x 4 x 1 |
680 g 560 g 455 g 355 g 260 g + 10 g of
black powder |
260 m/s 230 m/s 200 m/s 170 m/s 140 m/s |
1912 |
|
10,5cm L/30 QF guns |
D.R.P. 305 x 9 x
6 |
1570 g + 14 g of
black powder + 20 g of
coarse-grained black powder |
530 m/s |
1914 |
|
15cm L/14 QF howitzers |
W.P. 20 x 20 x
1.2 |
945 g 725 g 610 g 490 g 385 g 300 g |
310 m/s 260 m/s 230 m/s 200 m/s 170 m/s 140 m/s |
1914 |
|
Vereinigte
Rheinisch-Westfälische Pulverfabriken AG |
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|
12cm QF field howitzers |
W.A.S. 123 x 1 |
640 g 550 g 410 g 295 g 195 g |
330 m/s 300 m/s 250 m/s 200 m/s 150 m/s |
1914 |
|
15cm L/12 howitzers |
W.A.S. 123 x 1 |
710 g 580 g 465 g 360 g |
260 m/s 230 m/s 200 m/s 170 m/s |
1914 |