60 mm HE bomb M61A

Armament Any 60 mm mortar. Development By FAMAE , based on the Hotchkiss-Brandt ( TDA ) M61 pattern. Description A cast-iron bomb of teardrop shape. The nose is rather more ogival than is common in this shape, and has five gas check grooves at the bourrelet. The tail unit is of extruded and machined aluminium alloy and screws into the rear of the body. The usual primary cartridge fits into the tail tube and four secondary charges in plastic capsules clip into slots in the forward edges of the fins; a further