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120 mm WP smoke bomb, M68
Region
United States
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament M120 120 mm mortar. Development By Soltam as a minor modification to their WP bomb. It was type classified by the US Army to support newly-fielded 120 mm mortars, but was never actually purchased. Description The round consists of a fuze, three types of propellant increment, fin assembly, ignition cartridges and shell body. The shell body, made of steel, is loaded with white phosphorus (WP) filler. The ignition cartridge has a percussion primer and is assembled to the end of the fin assembly. The
propellant charge is contained in one brown increment, two blue increments and four white increments and is assembled around the fin assembly shaft.