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120 mm HE bomb M57
Region
United States
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament M120 120 mm mortar. Development By Soltam. Almost identical to the Israeli M57 , but fitted with the US M935 PD fuze. A limited quantity were manufactured in Israel and purchased by the US to support initial 120 mm mortar fielding. Description The round consists of a fuze, propellant charge, fin assembly, ignition cartridge, and shell body. The shell body, made of high-fragmentation steel, is loaded with TNT 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 assembled around the fin assembly shaft.