Handbook of Enemy Ammunition: War Office Pamphlet No 15; German Ammunition Markings and Nomenclature

This pamphlet was issued at the end of the Second World War, particularly to RAOC ammunition technicians, to enable safe identification of all German ammunition for rifles, mortars and cannon.It contains not only a description of the various types of ammunition, but has a series of coloured plates which show in detail main types of shell, particularly anti-tank and anti-aircraft rounds.It includes shell for the famous 88mm Flak and Pak (the same gun but in the ground role as a much respected and feared anti-tank gun.Further plates show ammunition box/case wrappers, and there is a listing of powder components and gun makers.There is a wealth of detail on aircraft cannon shell plus details of all anti-aircraft ground cannon shell.Rifle ammunition is covered in detail, as is the pistol cartridge.This is a rare publication which includes all that was known about German ammunition in the immediate aftermath of the war, and is used as a source book by many later publications.