Panzergranate 39

39 was a German armor-piercing shell used during World War II.

It consisted of the shell body that was armour penetrating (AP) using a cap (C) to increase performance against sloped armour, a ballistic cap (BC) to increase aerodynamic performance along with a high explosive (HE) filler and tracer unit (T) that was incorporated into the base fuze.

Phlegmatized PETN or RDX were commonplace as the explosive filling.

39/43 of KwK and Pak 43 guns, the driving bands were made wider than those of Pzgr.

The widening took place because the high gas pressure in these long-barreled guns presented certain problems when firing the older Pzgr.