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81 mm HE bomb M889
Region
United States
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament M252 81 mm mortar and similar weapons. Development By Royal Ordnance to accompany the sale of L16 mortars to the US. Description The complete round consists of a fuze, propellant charge, fin assembly, ignition cartridge, and shell body. The shell body, made of ductile cast iron, is loaded with an RDX/TNT filler. The ignition cartridge has a percussion primer and is assembled to the end of the fin assembly. The propelling charge is contained in four horseshoe felt-fibre containers and assembled around the
fin assembly shaft. This round cannot be fired in M1 or other low pressure mortars, nor above Charge 3 in M29 or other medium pressure mortars.