7.92×107mm DS explained

7.92×107mm DS
Origin:Poland
Type:Anti-tank rifle
Designer:Lt. Colonel Tadeusz Felsztyn
Design Date:1931
Is Si Specs:yes
Parent:7.92×57mm Mauser
Case Type:Rimless, bottleneck
Bullet:8.18
Neck:9.23
Shoulder:13.15
Base:16.39
Rim Dia:16.36
Case Length:107.18
Length:132
Is Si Ballistics:yes
Bwunit:gram
Bw1:14.6
Vel1:1275
En1:11850

The 7.92×107mm DS was a Polish 7.92 mm anti-tank ammunition designed specifically for use with the karabin przeciwpancerny wz.35 anti-tank rifle. It was based on a standard 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge, but was much longer (107 mm as opposed to the 57 mm of Mauser cartridge) and was modified to provide higher muzzle velocity and hence more penetrating power.

History

In the late 1920s, the Polish General Staff started the development of a light anti-tank weapon for the Polish infantry. In 1931, Lt. Colonel Tadeusz Felsztyn from the Institute of Armament Technology in Warsaw started the first tests of various low-calibre cartridges. After the tests of German-made Hagler bullets proved the possibilities of such ammunition in perforation of steel plates, the National Ammunition Factory in Skarżysko-Kamienna was ordered to develop its own 7.92 mm cartridge with a muzzle velocity of over 1000m/s. After a series of tests, a new DS cartridge was proposed.

The DS ammunition was based on a standard 7.92 mm cartridge used by both the Mauser rifles and the Polish Karabinek wz. 29. The length of the cartridge was extended to 131.2mm and the overall weight reached 64.25g. After an additional series of tests, the initial copper coating was replaced with a coating made of brass (an alloy of 67% copper and 23% zinc).

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