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120 mm Extended Range HE bomb
Region
United States
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament All smoothbore high-pressure mortars. Development By PRIMEX Technologies to meet a US military requirement for extended-range ammunition for the 120 mm M120/M121 Battalion Mortar System. Description A conventional streamlined bomb of high-grade steel with a plastic obturating ring let into a groove around the waist. An adaptor is screwed into the nose, into which the fuze is screwed and a stabiliser unit consisting of a perforated tail tube with six machined alloy fins, screws on to a spigot at the rear
end of the bomb body. A primary cartridge fits into the end of the tail tube and up to eight secondary charges fit around the tail tube in horseshoe form. The secondary charges use a new ball powder propellant giving low flame temperature and high velocity. Manufacturer PRIMEX Technologies.