37mm Complete Round, Fixed, Frag-T, UOR-167
This round is fired from the 37mm Anti-Aircraft Gun M1939. It is used against aircraft, personnel, and equipment. The wall thickness and material of the projectile, in conjunction with the type and weight of the explosive filler, are designed to produce the maximum number of lethal fragments.
The MG-8 fuze is used in this round.
The illustrated container has a capacity of 30 rounds. The ammunition is packed in two levels (15 rounds in each level) and is held in place by contour blocking. Rounds may be fuzed, or may have a plastic shipping plug in the fuze well. When filled with fuzed rounds, the container weighs about 66.7 kg (147 lbs); with unfuzed ammunition, it weighs about 56.2 kg (124 lbs). The gross weight, given in the form , may be stenciled on the box.
37mm Complete Round, Fixed, AP-T, UBR-167
This round is fired from the 37mm Anti-Aircraft Gun M1939. The round is normally fired against ground targets, such as light armoured vehicles. The armor-piercing tracer projectile BR-167 is a solid shot, without armor-piercing cap. A windshield is secured to the projectile body by a 360* crimp just forward of the bourrelet. A tracer element is screwed into the base of the projectile.
No fuze is used in this round.
The illustrated container has a capacitiy of 30 rounds, with a gross weight of approximately 69 kg (151 lbs). The ammunition is packed in two levels (15 rounds in each level) and is held in place by contour blocking.
Author's Note: The length of the casing for both examples would restrict their to the 37mm Anti-Aircraft Gun M1939, as the 37mm Anti-Tank Gun M1930 used a slightly longer casing.
I should mention that, due to the nature of the manual I am using as a reference, some of the details may be wrong or incomplete.
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