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Draka · 12-15-09, 07:46 PM

SS is StarShell.

Standard ammo types:
HE - High Explosive - blast damage, good against crew and soft targets, but doesn't make holes (penetrate)
AP - Armor Piercing - used against hard targets, but only puts holes in it - no boom-boom
AA - Anti-Aircraft - like it says - time-fused with a small blast charge (FLAK)
SS - Star Shell - illumination used to light up a target at night or other low light conditions

There is a debate on exactly what each Uboat actually carried - out of approx 220 rds of 105mm on U 199 there were 40 AA rds - see crew interrogation here: http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-199INT.htm

12-15-09, 07:46 PM	#3
Draka Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 256 Downloads: 322 Uploads: 0	SS is StarShell. Standard ammo types: HE - High Explosive - blast damage, good against crew and soft targets, but doesn't make holes (penetrate) AP - Armor Piercing - used against hard targets, but only puts holes in it - no boom-boom AA - Anti-Aircraft - like it says - time-fused with a small blast charge (FLAK) SS - Star Shell - illumination used to light up a target at night or other low light conditions There is a debate on exactly what each Uboat actually carried - out of approx 220 rds of 105mm on U 199 there were 40 AA rds - see crew interrogation here: http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-199INT.htm