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MKEK 120 mm mortar bombs
Region
Turkey
Category
Боєприпаси, ракети та високоточне озброєння
Description The MKEK 120 mm mortar bombs are licence-produced TDA designs intended for the MKEK 120 mm Tosam HY 12 D1 mortar, itself a licence-produced TDA MO-120-RT rifled mortar. The Turkish rounds thus closely resemble their French equivalents and differ from them only in detail. As such they are spin-stabilised projectiles with a prerifled drive band, a plastic obturating band at the rear and an extension to carry the propellant charges protruding from the base. The extension falls to the ground once the
projectile has left the mortar barrel. The high-explosive round is the HE MKE Mod 209, filled with TNT and fitted with a locally produced M51A5 or M557 point detonating fuze. Maximum range is 8,180 m. The closest French equivalent is the TDA PR 14. To complement the HE MKE Mod 209 for training purposes, MKEK produces the TP MKE Mod 228. This has an inert filling and a dummy fuze. Apart from the usual blue colour, it is identical to the operational HE equivalent. The illuminating bomb is the MKE Mod 236, a close derivative of the TDA 120 mm PRECLAIR. It carries a flare and parachute assembly capable of producing 850,000 cd for 60 seconds. The fuze is the MTSQ DM 93 or M501. MKEK also produces the smoke WP MKE Mod 226. This contains White Phosphorus (WP), which is released by a burster charge to create screening smoke when the M51A5 or M557 point detonating fuze impacts on a target area. The final member of the 120mm family is the Mod 258 cargo round which carries 16 M85 submunition bomblets that are ejected over the target. Manufacturer Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi.