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81 mm target practice bomb M879
Region
United States
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament M252 81 mm mortar and similar weapons. Development By US Army ordnance as improvement of earlier models. Description This round consists of an impact (practice) fuze, an inert loaded projectile body, fin assembly, four propellant increments, obturating ring and an ignition cartridge (with integral primer). The cartridge with the M751 Impact fuze (Type I) resembles the 81 mm M821 HE cartridge, and the cartridge with M75 Impact Fuze (Type II) resembles the 81 mm M889 HE cartridge. These practice cartridges
are ballistic matches to the HE cartridges and produce a similar signature (flash, audible sound, and smoke cloud) upon impact.