The German standard s.S. Patrone ("s.S. ball cartridge") was originally designed for long range machine gun use. It was loaded with a long, boat-tailed, "s.S. - schweres Spitzgeschoß" ("heavy pointed or spitzer bullet") full metal jacket bullet and very well made. It was lead filled, had a gilding-metal-plated jacket, and weighed . The "s.S. Patrone" had a muzzle velocity of and an operating pressure of . From its 1914 introduction the "s.S. Patrone" was mainly issued for aerial combat and as of 1918 in the later stages of World War I to infantry machine gunners.