2.8 Cm S Pz B 41 - Ammunition

Ammunition

There were two shell models for sPzB 41: the armor-piercing 2.8 cm Pzgr.41 and the fragmentation 2.8 cm Sprg.41.

The Pzgr.41 had a tungsten carbide core, a soft steel casing and a magnesium alloy ballistic cap. The core was 40 mm long and 10.9 mm in diameter and contained about 9.1% of tungsten.

Available ammunition
Type	Model	Weight, kg	Filler	Muzzle velocity, m/s	Range, m
APCNR-T	2.8 cm Pzgr.41	0.125	-	1,430	500
Fragmentation	2.8 cm Sprg.41	0.093	5 g, phlegmatized PETN	1,400	1,000

Armour penetration table
APCNR-T projectile 2.8 cm Pzgr.41
Distance, m	Meet angle 60°, mm	Meet angle 90°, mm
100	52 – 69	75
300	46
400		40
500	40 – 52

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