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82 mm HE/fragmentation bomb O-832 Series
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament All RFAS and other 82 mm mortars. Development Originally developed ca 1935 and apparently based upon the contemporary Brandt designs. Detail improvements made thereafter. Description A cast-iron, teardrop-shaped bomb with four gas check grooves around the bourrelet and a welded steel tailfin assembly. A primary cartridge fits into the tailboom and four secondary increments in cloth-covered split rings fit around the boom. The nose is threaded for the fuze, no adaptor being used. There are three versions
of the O-832 series, the basic O-832 , the O-832D and O-832DU . Differences between variants are minor, with different fuzing, fin shape and projectile fill chief among them. Manufacturer State arsenals.