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Glossary P

P.

Perforante — armour piercing. Used for smaller calibres up to 25mm. (French)

P.

Pesante — heavy. (Italian)

P

Podkalibernij — sub-calibre (APCR projectile). Suffix used for Soviet ammunition nomenclature. (Russian)

P

polkovaya — regimental. This is to distinguish the SU–76 built in Leningrad and armed with the 76mm regimental field gun obr. 1927 from other SU–76s. (Russian)

(p)

polnische — Polish. (German)

Pak

Panzerabwehrkanone — anti-tank gun. (German)

Panzerjäger

Panzerjäger — tank hunter. Used to designate units equipped with SP ATGs. (German)

Patr.

Patrone — cartridge. Implies a fixed round. This is part of the full nomenclature of all German fixed rounds but is often dropped for brevity (e.g. Pzgr.Patr.40 becomes Pzgr.40). (German)

P.A.W.

Panzerabwehrwerfer — anti-tank gun (smoothbore). (German)

P.J.K.

Panzerjägerkanone — anti-tank gun. (German)

PM

Pistolet Mitrailleur — sub-machine gun. (French)

PR

Projectile de Rupture — armour piercing projectile. This seems to be used for AP/HE projectiles, whereas solid shot AP projectiles seem to use the term BR. The acronym OR can also be used for both AP and AP/HE projectiles. (French)

przeciwpancerny

przeciwpancerny — anti-tank. (Polish)

P.T.

Perforante, Traçeuse — armour piercing, tracer. Used for smaller calibres up to 25mm. (French)

Pz.B.

Panzerbüchse — anti-tank rifle. (German)

Pz.Bef.Wg.

Panzerbefelswagen — armoured command vehicle. (German)

Pzgr.

Panzergranate — armour piercing shell. (German). This is either a general term for any German armour piercing projectile, or a specific term for an AP or APC projectile. Some Panzergranate are categorised by number and these categories are:

• Pzgr.36(t) — Panzergranate (tsechisch). This is a captured Czech APC projectile used by the Germans.

• Pzgr.39 — Panzergranate 39. This is a German APC or APCBC projectile. It appears from photographs (e.g., Jentz, Thomas L: Tank Combat in North Africa p.51) that the 5cm Panzergranate 39 projectile is an APC projectile. All other Panzergranate 39 are APCBC projectiles.

• Pzgr.40 — Panzergranate 40. This is an APCR projectile.

• Pzgr.41 — Panzergranate 41. This is an APCNR (squeeze bore) projectile.

• Pzgr.43 — Panzergranate 43. This is an APCBC projectile.

Pz.Kpfw.

Panzerkampfwagen — tank. (German)

Pz.Sprgr.

Panzer Sprenggranate — armour piercing high explosive shell. This is a German AP projectile. (German)

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