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60 mm illuminating bomb M83A1, M83A2 and M83A3
Region
United States
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament 60 mm M2 , M19 and M224 mortars. Development By US Ordnance Department after an original Brandt design. They are no longer in production in the US, but may be found in US stockpiles. Description A cylindrical bomb with a conical section at the rear, to which the welded steel fin unit is attached. The bomb contains a parachute and flare assembly that is ejected after approximately 15 seconds of flight by the action of a fixed time fuze screwed into the nose of the bomb. An expelling charge directly below
the fuze ejects the illuminant and parachute assembly. The flare assembly consists of a first-fire charge and illuminant charge and is contained in a boxboard casing that is attached to the parachute with a suspension line. Firing this bomb below Charge 2 will result in dud rounds. Manufacturer US government contractors.