Nebelpatrone: Difference between revisions

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| name = Nebelpatrone

| image = Nebelpatrone fur Kampfpistole.jpg

| image_size = 300

| caption = A schematic of components.

| origin = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| type = [[Smoke grenade]]

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The '''Nebelpatrone''' or ''"fog cartridge"'' in English was a non-lethal [[smoke grenade]] that was developed by [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] and used by the [[Wehrmacht]] during [[World War II]]. The Nebelpatrone was designed to be fired from a ''[[Kampfpistole]]'' [[flare gun]].

==Design==

The Nebelpatrone was a rifle grenade that could be fired from the Kampfpistole. The Kampfpistole was a [[Rifling|rifled]] [[single-shot]] [[break action]] gun and the cartridge was [[Breechloader|breech loaded]]. The Kampfpistole was a rifled variant of the earlier [[Leuchtpistole 34]]. The projectile could be recognized by ''NEBEL. Z.'' marking on the base of the cartridge case and could be used for target marking or [[Smoke screen|concealment]]. The Nebelpatrone was similar in appearance and construction to high explosive grenades except that it contained a smoke generator instead of explosives. The projectile consists of a light alloy [[Cartridge (firearms)|cartridge case]], a [[percussion cap]] in the center of the base, propellant, cylindrical light alloy body, smoke compound, powder charge, and [[Artillery fuze#Percussion fuzes|nose fuze]]. The nose fuze is triggered on impact, igniting the powder charge which ignites and ejects the smoke generator from the body of the grenade.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Catalog Of Enemy Ordnance Material|last=unknown|publisher=Office of the chief of ordnance|date=1 August 1945|location=www.paperlessarchives.com/FreeTitles/CatalogOfEnemyOrdnanceMateriel.pdf|pages=326}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Rifle grenades]]

[[Category:World War II weapons of Germany]]

[[Category:Smoke grenades]]