Übungsgeschoss T?

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Übungsgeschoss T?

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Post by Dan Mouritzsen » 23 Apr 2014, 16:37

The Germans had a shell type called - Üb T = Übungsgeschoss T (Practice shell filled high explosive with Tetrachlor Naphthalene incorporated). What function did the Tetrachlor Naphthalene have?

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Re: Übungsgeschoss T?

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Post by stril » 23 Apr 2014, 17:40

What function did the Tetrachlor Naphthalene have?
Most likely smoke. Something similar is mentioned at page 29 at the link below.
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http://download.e-bookshelf.de/download ... 364839.pdf


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Re: Übungsgeschoss T?

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Post by Dan Mouritzsen » 24 Apr 2014, 10:50

Thank you.

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