Name: Ammunition for Giat 90 mm CN 90 F1 guns
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<h2>Armament</h2><p>Giat Industries 90 mm CN 90 F1 and F2 guns fitted to the following vehicles: AML (4 × 4) armoured car with H 90 turret; ENGESA EE-9 (6 × 6) armoured car with H 90 turret; Panhard ERC Lynx (6 × 6) armoured car with Lynx 90 turret; prototype SIBMAS (6 × 6) vehicle with Lynx 90 turret; X1A1 light tank ( Brazil ); GT2 gun fitted to Eland 90 and Ratel 90 ( South Africa ).</p><h2>Development</h2><p>The 90 mm CN 90 F1 gun was originally known as the DEFA D921, so its ammunition is sometimes known as 90 mm DEFA ammunition. The 90 mm CN 90 F1 has also been referred to as the CN90F1. It is a light gun firing fin-stabilised projectiles and is intended for mounting on light vehicles. The F1 gun was produced in South Africa as the 90 mm GT2 for mounting in the Eland 90 and Ratel 90 combat vehicles. At one time some South African-produced guns were mounted on light field carriages but these are no longer in service.</p><h2>Description</h2><p>The ammunition fired by the 90 mm CN 90 F1 and F2 guns is fixed by a single continuous crimping ring, with the projectiles rigidly secured to the straight sided brass cartridge cases. The projectiles are finned and have bodies encircled by copper drive bands. The brass cartridge cases are fitted with percussion primers and have their GBTU 125 multiperforated propellant charges contained inside a silk bag. The ammunition family for the 90 mm CN 90 F1 and F2 guns includes the following rounds: 90 mm HEAT-T, OCC F1 This anti-armour round uses a steel-nosed, aluminium alloy bodied projectile containing a shaped charge formed from 670 g of RDX/TNT 60:40 located behind a copper cone liner. The warhead can penetrate 120 mm of armour plate set at an angle of 60º, or 300 to 320 mm of armour plate set at a vertical angle. The projectile has a maximum range of 1,500 to 1,800 m but the maximum effective range is approximately 1,100 m. For safety, the base-mounted electrical fuze (referred to in some instances as the G4C) is maintained in a short-circuited state until after firing. It will function instantaneously when the nose-mounted piezoelectric generator strikes a hard target and generates an electric current to detonate the explosive filling. The Practice round used to simulate the 90 mm HEAT-T OCC F1 is the completely inert 90 mm TP-T BSCC 90 F1 which uses an aluminium bodied projectile with a tracer element in the base. 90 mm HE, OE F1 Intended for general use, the projectile with this round uses a forged steel body filled with 945 g of RDX/TNT 60:40. It produces blast and fragmentation effects at ranges up a maximum of 1,800 m. The nose-mounted fuze, referred to in some instances as the FUIF2, functions on direct and graze action. Some projectiles have tracer elements lasting 4 seconds fitted to the base. MECAR SA also produce the 90 mm HE-T M631A1, filled with 1 kg of Composition B. 90 mm SMK-WP, OFUM F1 This round may be regarded as a White Phosphorus (WP) filled equivalent to the 90 mm HE OE F1. It employs a similar nose-mounted direct and graze action fuze which functions to burst open the projectile's steel body and release WP creating a smoke screen up to 50 m wide and lasting 20 to 30 seconds. Maximum range is 1,800 m and combat range 800 m. Some of these projectiles may have tracer elements fitted to the base. 90 mm Canister, ODR F1 Intended for use as an anti-ambush and close-in defence anti-personnel round, the 90 mm Canister ODR F1 is fitted with a blunt-nosed, straight sided, thin-walled projectile containing approximately 1,100 lead spheres weighing 4 kg. As the projectile leaves the gun muzzle the projectile casing breaks open to release the lead spheres in a cone-shaped pattern. Maximum effective range is 150 m. ODR stands for Obus de Defense Rapprochée. This round is no longer available from Giat Industries. 90 mm APFSDS-T, M645 This anti-armour round was developed by MECAR SA specifically for use with the 90 mm F1 gun. It has a tungsten alloy long rod penetrator which is fired with a muzzle velocity of 1,050 m/s to an operational range of more than 1,300 m. It can penetrate 70 mm of Rolled Homogeneous Armour (RHA) at an incidence of 60º. Time of flight to 1,300 m is less than 1.4 seconds. The finned tail assembly contains a tracer which burns for the first 4 seconds of the trajectory. The complete round weighs 6.8 kg of which 1.4 kg is multiperforated propellant. The projectile weighs 2.5 kg and is 425 mm long. The complete round is approximately 645 mm long. A practice round known as the 90 mm FSDS-TP-T M664 has the same ballistic characteristics as the 90 mm APFSDS-T M645 but uses a steel long rod projectile. 90 mm Blank Produced by Giat Industries with a shortened primer. Weight is 3.4 kg.</p><h2>Authorised fuzes</h2><p>See text Equivalent rounds BELGIUM</p><p>BELGIUM</p><h2>Manufacturer</h2><p>MECAR SA</p><p>Type: HEAT-T M630, HE-T M631</p><p>Description: The HEAT-T round is a high explosive anti-tank round, with an electronic base detonating</p><p>fuze. Fitted with two independent in - bore safeties. The fuze has a nose switch and graze element. Round</p><p>weight is a nominal 8.0 kg, propellant weight is 1.0 kg of single base multi-perforations. Combat range is</p><p>1,000 m with penetration 120 mm of RHA at 60º. Muzzle velocity is 750 m/s. The HE-T M631 projectile is filled with a nominal 1 kg of Composition B and fitted with dual-safety</p><p>electronic PD, graze and delay fuze to MIL-STD-1316. Round weight is a nominal 9 kg, projectile weight</p><p>5 kg and propellant weight (single base, multiperforations) 1 kg. Combat range given as 1,000 m with</p><p>maximum range 1,800 m. Muzzle velocity at 21ºC is 650 m/s</p><p>BRAZIL</p><h2>Manufacturer</h2><p>FI Indústria e Comércio Ltda</p><p>Type: APFSDS, HEAT-T, HEAT-TP-T, HE-T</p><p>Description: Standard specifications</p><p>FRANCE</p><h2>Manufacturer</h2><p>Giat Industries</p><p>Type: HEAT, HE, SMK-WP, HEAT-TP</p><p>Description: See text</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA</p><h2>Manufacturer</h2><p>Denel (Pty) Ltd</p><p>Type: HEAT, HE, TP, Canister</p><p>Description: No longer in production but stocks retained for service. Standard specifications for all</p><p>rounds other than Canister which is a local development. It contains approximately 1,100 spherical</p><p>subprojectiles 8.5 mm in diameter, fired at a muzzle velocity of 450 m/s to a range of 200 to 250 m</p><p>SPAIN</p><h2>Manufacturer</h2><p>Barreiros Hermanos Internacional SA</p><p>Type: HEAT, HE, SMK-WP</p><p>Description: Standard specifications</p>

The ammunition fired by the 90 mm CN 90 F1 and F2 guns is fixed by a single continuous crimping ring, with the projectiles rigidly secured to the straight sided brass cartridge cases. The projectiles are finned and have bodies encircled by copper drive bands. The brass cartridge cases are fitted with percussion primers and have their GBTU 125 multiperforated propellant charges contained inside a silk bag. The ammunition family for the 90 mm CN 90 F1 and F2 guns includes the following rounds: 90 mm HEAT-T, OCC F1 This anti-armour round uses a steel-nosed, aluminium alloy bodied projectile containing a shaped charge formed from 670 g of RDX/TNT 60:40 located behind a copper cone liner. The warhead can penetrate 120 mm of armour plate set at an angle of 60º, or 300 to 320 mm of armour plate set at a vertical angle. The projectile has a maximum range of 1,500 to 1,800 m but the maximum effective range is approximately 1,100 m. For safety, the base-mounted electrical fuze (referred to in some instances as the G4C) is maintained in a short-circuited state until after firing. It will function instantaneously when the nose-mounted piezoelectric generator strikes a hard target and generates an electric current to detonate the explosive filling.

Maximum range is 1,800 m and combat range 800 m. Some of these projectiles may have tracer elements fitted to the base. 90 mm Canister, ODR F1 Intended for use as an anti-ambush and close-in defence anti-personnel round, the 90 mm Canister ODR F1 is fitted with a blunt-nosed, straight sided, thin-walled projectile containing approximately 1,100 lead spheres weighing 4 kg. As the projectile leaves the gun muzzle the projectile casing breaks open to release the lead spheres in a cone-shaped pattern. Maximum effective range is 150 m. ODR stands for Obus de Defense Rapprochée. This round is no longer available from Giat Industries. 90 mm APFSDS-T, M645 This anti-armour round was developed by MECAR SA specifically for use with the 90 mm F1 gun. It has a tungsten alloy long rod penetrator which is fired with a muzzle velocity of 1,050 m/s to an operational range of more than 1,300 m. It can penetrate 70 mm of Rolled Homogeneous Armour (RHA) at an incidence of 60º. Time of flight to 1,300 m is less than 1.4 seconds.

Ammunition for Giat 90 mm CN 90 F1 guns

Ammunition for Giat 90 mm CN 90 F1 guns

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