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KNomad -> RE: NBW92 (2/23/2005 4:56:43 AM)
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ORIGINAL: ganderson52
... it's effectiveness in SPWAW is surely vastly overated.
Seems to me it would be pretty lethal if it worked as designed.
3.4.2.24 Nahverteidigungswaffe (Close Defense Weapon)
A Nahverteidigungswaffe was mounted in the roof at the left rear (at the same time as the 40 mm thick turret roof, starting in March 1944). The Nahverteidigungswaffe was used to fire the Sprenggranatpatrone 326 Lp (explosive shells), Schnellnebelkerzen 39 (quick smoke candies), Rauchsichtzeichen orange 160 (orange smoke signals), and Leuchtgeschossen R (flare signals) with the Zundschraube C 43 St (propellant charge). The Nahverteidigungswaffe, aimed at a fixed angle of about 500, could be traversed 3600. An armor plug could be inserted into the bore to seal it when not in use. The Sprenggranatpatrone 326 Lp with a 1 second delay fuze was propelled out to 7 to 10 meters and exploded about 0.5 to 2 meters above the ground. Individual fragments flew in a circle for up to 100 meters. All turret hatches and openings were to be closed when this round was fired.
The Nahverteidigungswaffe (close defense weapon) was mounted in the roof at the left rear (introduced at the same time as the 40 mm thick turret roof, starting in late March 1944 with Fgst.Nr.250991.
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