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81 mm smoke WP bomb
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Iran
81 mm smoke WP bomb
Armament All 81 mm medium pressure mortars. Development Development history unknown; by Defence Industries Organisation, Ammunition Group. Description A symmetrical streamlined bomb of modern design, similar to the HE bomb described elsewhere. The body is of steel with four gas check rings, a tail boom assembly and eight stabilising fins. There are seven propelling increments surrounding the tail boom in addition to the internal initiating charge. Manufacturer Defence Industries Organisation, Ammunition Group.Read More
81 mm illuminating bomb M301A2
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Iran
81 mm illuminating bomb M301A2
Armament All medium pressure 81 mm mortars. Development Development history unknown. Probably copied from US designs by Defence Industries Organisation, Iran . Description A conventional cylindrical bodied illuminating bomb of steel, consisting of the body, a mechanical time fuze and a tapered rear portion containing the parachute with a screwed on tail boom assembly with 12 stabilising fins. There is a single propelling increment attached to the tail boom. The bomb appears virtually identical to the US M301 series illuminating bombs. The bomb also has what appears to be a direct copy of the US M84A1 time fuze. Manufacturer Defence Industries Organisation, Ammunition Group.Read More
120 mm smoke WP bomb
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Iran
120 mm smoke WP bomb
Armament Any 120 mm smoothbore mortar. Development By Defence Industrial Organisation, development history unknown. Description The 120 mm white phosphorus smoke bomb is essentially similar in design to the 120 mm HE bomb described above except for payload and fuze. Manufacturer Defence Industrial Organisation, Ammunition Group.Read More
120 mm rocket assisted HE bomb
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Iran
120 mm rocket assisted HE bomb
Armament Any 120 mm smoothbore mortar. Development By Defence Industrial Organisation to provide an extended range HE bomb. History unknown. Description The bomb consists of a steel body, internal solid-fuel rocket motor and HE filling. The body is streamlined with a tail boom holding the initiating charge and nine horseshoe-shaped propellant increments. There are six evenly spaced gas check rings just behind the ogive. Once the bomb is fired and en route to its target, the rocket motor initiates during the final few seconds of the flight, adding approximately 4 km range over conventional bombs. When the motor fires, the tail boom separates from the body. Manufacturer Defence Industrial Organisation, Ammunition Group.Read More
120 mm Precision-Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM)
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
120 mm Precision-Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM)
Development In 1975, Diehl was awarded a contract by the former West German Ministry of Defence, to perform a feasibility study into a terminally guided mortar projectile. Bodensee Werk Geratetechnik, AEG and Eltro were also involved in the project. The projectile which resulted from this study was the Diehl Bussard (Buzzard). The objective of the study was to combine the advantages of traditional gun-launched projectiles with those of guided missiles. This would mean the resulting munition could be used from existing ordnance; has a high first-round hit probability, even against moving targets; and would permit engaging armoured targets in the top attack mode. Successful firings of the first development models took place in 1983 with, at one point, three out of three direct hits being attained. By the mid-1980s, the Bussard project had been suspended for funding reasons, only to be revived when the US Army issued a requirement for a 120 mm Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) for deployment with the M120/121 120 mm Battalion Mortar System (qv). Lockheed Martin joined with Diehl for the selection contest. In October 1994, they were awarded a Phase I critical components demonstration contract to continue development, along with another team formed by British Aerospace , Alliant Techsystems and Rockwell, which proposed an enlarged Merlin 81 mm terminally guided mortar projectile allied with a Hellfire missile warhead. Two other contestants, Saab Missiles and Hercules, were eliminated from the PGMM contest at that stage. In June 1995, it was announced that the Lockheed Martin/Diehl PGMM submission had been selected as the sole entrant for Phase II of the PGMM programme. A US$10.8 million advanced technology demonstration contract was awarded by the US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) to permit Lockheed Martin/Diehl to manufacture seven prototype rounds, later increased to 10, for live test firing to be held at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, from late 1997 onwards. A prototype PGMM round was fired from the Meldorf Proving Grounds in Germany during November 1995 and reached a range of more than 6,500 m. The PGMM can be fired from all existing 120 mm ground-mounted or self-propelled mortars, including the Lockheed Martin 120 mm lightweight composite mortar. No attachments, assembly before use or sustainer propellant sections are required. Description The 120 mm PGMM is based on the Diehl Bussard but considerably revised to meet the PGMM requirements. It is a passive, gliding, intelligent 120 mm mortar munition with a maximum range of 15,000 m. The nose of the projectile contains the seeker section, comprising a low-cost cooled mid-wave infra-red sensor, the associated processor, and gyro units. A mid-body section contains thermal batteries, power conditioning and four switch-blade wings. This section is followed by the warhead, comprising a tandem shaped charge, the fuze and the safe and arm unit. The tandem shaped charge is taken from the German Panzerfaust 3 anti-armour weapon series (produced by Dynamit Nobel) and enables the PGMM to be deployed against targets such as bunkers as well as armoured targets. The tail section contains the control activation system, the four control fins and the fin deployment mechanism. The propulsion system, including the igniter, is at the rear (base) of the projectile body. The PGMM can be operated in two modes. One is the Man-in-the-Loop mode where the projectile is guided by a laser designator operated by a forward observer; the projectile uses its imaging infra-red seeker to detect and track the designated target. For the Fire-and-Forget mode the PGMM operates autonomously, using the same imaging infra-red sensor as before but in conjunction with a target image processor. In this mode the projectile can detect and acquire both moving and stationary targets emitting infra-red radiation. Before deploying the PGMM and following a call for a fire mission, the usual ballistic calculations are made at a fire direction centre and fire orders are given to a 120 mm mortar team. The PGMM is then loaded and fired in the normal manner. The onboard thermal batteries are activated by the launch acceleration and begin to power the system electronics. Immediately after launch the tail fins deploy to provide aerodynamic stability. After the apogee of the trajectory the wings deploy and the projectile commences a relatively straight line target acquisition glide trajectory toward the target area. For a laser-guided mission the seeker searches for a designated target. If laser radiation is detected the autopilot assumes a Man-in-the-Loop operation and begins homing on the signal, following the laser signal to the target. During an autonomous fire mission the infra-red scene is evaluated for potential targets and the PGMM then homes onto the highest ranked infra-red signature. The seeker can search a 500 × 500 m footprint although this could be upgraded to 1,000 × 1,000 m. In both modes, close to the end of the homing phase and as the target resolution improves, a target aimpoint is computed before the hit.Read More
FZ LAU-97 70 mm rockets
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Indonesia
FZ LAU-97 70 mm rockets
Armament 70 mm 40-tube LAU-97 MRS; NDL-40 70 mm 20-tube MRS ( Indonesia ). Development The 70 mm LAU-97 MRS was developed during the late 1970s and early 1980s by the Belgian Forges de Zeebrugge SA (FZ). They produced a 40-tube light artillery rocket launch system designed to utilise the FZ-68 70 mm rocket motor and an associated series of warheads. The FZ-68 was developed with the objective of smoke reduction at launch, reduced corrosion effects, improved accuracy and a higher launch velocity, all compared to existing 70 mm aircraft rockets. The resultant 70 mm FZ LAU-97 rockets can be launched from helicopters as well as the ground launchers. The LAU-97 launcher can utilise rockets with MK 40 and other similar rocket motors but with a resultant reduction in range. In 1985, Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara Indonesia ( IPTN ), took out a licence to produce 70 mm FZ LAU-97 rockets and went on to develop its own 20-tube MRS, the NDL-40 . The scheduled complete development and certification phase for the NDL-40 was late 1994; the present status of this programme is now uncertain. The 70 mm FZ LAU-97 rockets are used as the subcalibre rocket component of the Royal Ordnance Reduced Range Practice Rocket ( RRPR ) system for the 227 mm MLRS (qv). Three ballistically matched warheads are involved for this role: indicating pyrotechnic with a strong signal in the visible and infra-red spectrums; HE (TNT) with an impact fuze; and completely inert. Description The 70 mm fin-stabilised FZ LAU-97 rockets utilise the FZ-68 rocket motor which uses 3 kg of solid double-base propellant, extruded in a single grain with a revised geometry compared to other similar motors. The motor is intended to burn at a `dual' rate which, combined with the multispiral grooved single exhaust nozzle and rearwards-folding fin assembly, considerably reduces the exhaust signature at launch and produces a burnout velocity of 715 m/s after a burn time of 2.3 seconds. The complete motor weighs 5.7 kg and is 1.03 m long. The maximum range is 8,000 m which is reduced to 7,500 m if MK 40 rocket motors are involved. Time of flight to the maximum range is 45 seconds. The circular area of probability is 170 m. The FZ-68 rocket motor can be fitted with one of up to nine interchangeable warheads. These warheads can also be used with other types of 70 mm rocket. FZ-71 FRAG-HE This warhead, weighing 4.3 kg, may be considered as the standard for the series. On impact, its steel casing shatters into more than 8,000 effective fragments which are scattered over a lethal radius of 21 m. The nose-mounted impact fuze will function at a minimum impact angle of 5º. FZ-49 AP Up to 400 mm of armour can be penetrated by the shaped charge of this warhead while at the same time some 1,200 anti-personnel fragments are produced. Weight is 3 kg. FZ-58 HEAP This warhead is intended for use against any target which requires a degree of penetration before detonating and has a penetrating and anti-ricochet plug in the nose. A base fuze is fitted. Weight is 4.52 kg. FZ-63 Incendiary Intended for producing screening smoke, as an incendiary or for target marking, this nose-fuzed warhead contains White Phosphorus (WP). Weight is 4.15 kg. FZ-85 PFHE This nose-fuzed warhead has a prefragmented warhead casing intended for the attack of light armour or soft-skinned vehicles. Over 3,000 fragments are produced. Weight is 4.3 kg. FZ-86 Smoke Produces thick screening smoke which is generated for more than 4.5 minutes after ejection during flight. Weight is 4.3 kg and length is 730 mm. FZ-100 Cargo Contains nine dual-purpose bomblets, each filled with 110 g of compressed hexogen and weighing 480 g. The shaped charge can penetrate 105 mm of armour plate and scatter anti-personnel fragments over a radius of 10.5 m. The impact-fuzed bomblets are ejected from the warhead after a delay-adjustable time fuze in the nose functions when the rocket is over a target area. This warhead weighs 6.7 kg and is 730 mm long. M257 Illuminating This warhead contains a flare assembly which is ejected from the warhead in flight and descends on a small parachute, providing 1 million cd for 120 seconds. Weight is 4.9 kg. FZ-32 Practice Produces a smoke cloud which lasts for 10 to 15 seconds after impact. Weight is 2.9 kg. Some references also mention Flechette and Chaff warheads but no information regarding these is available. Authorised fuzes See text Equivalent rockets INDONESIA INDONESIA Manufacturer Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara Indonesia ( IPTN ) Type: FZ-68 rocket motor and FZ-71 FRAG-HE warhead Description: Licence production since 1985 - current status uncertain, see text.Read More
60 mm HE bomb GMO-6 PE A1
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Indonesia
60 mm HE bomb GMO-6 PE A1
Armament 60 mm Commando and other short mortars. Development By Tampella, licensed to PT Pindad. Description This is a streamlined, modern pattern, forged steel bomb. It has four gas check rings around the bourrelet and a light-alloy tail unit screwed into the rear end. The four fins are slightly canted off the bomb axis, so as to induce a degree of roll stabilisation into the bomb's flight, which probably improves the accuracy and consistency. The propellant charge consists of a shotgun type primary cartridge inserted into the tail tube and a single secondary charge in a horseshoe container which clips around the tail tube ahead of the fins. Manufacturer P T Pindad.Read More
60 mm HE bomb GMO-6 PE A2
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Indonesia
60 mm HE bomb GMO-6 PE A2
Armament Any 60 mm mortar. Development Designed by Tampella, produced under licence by P T Pindad. Description This bomb has a forged steel body of modern streamlined shape and is fitted with an obturating ring in a groove around the bourrelet. A light-alloy tail unit has canted fins to give roll stabilisation. The propelling system consists of a primary cartridge in the tail tube and up to six secondaries clipped around the boom in horseshoe containers. Manufacturer P T Pindad.Read More
81 mm HE bomb GMO-8 PE A1
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Indonesia
81 mm HE bomb GMO-8 PE A1
Armament All 81 mm mortars. Development By P T Pindad, based upon the Soltam M64 design. Description A streamlined forged steel bomb, with a plastic obturating ring behind the bourrelet. The nose is threaded for a fuze and the rear formed into a threaded spigot to accept the alloy tailboom and fin unit. A primary cartridge fits into the end of the tailboom and up to eight horseshoe secondary increments can be clipped around the tailboom above the fins. Manufacturer P T Pindad.Read More
Cartridge, 105 mm FD Normal L35A1/A2
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
Cartridge, 105 mm FD Normal L35A1/A2
Armament RO Defence 105 mm L118 Light Gun; FV433 Abbot; RDM 105 mm M101/37 ; Indian Ordnance Factories 105 mm Light Field Gun and 105 mm Field Gun. Development Originally developed to contain all propelling charges used for all projectiles fired from the 105 mm L13A1 barrels on the Vickers Defence Systems FV433 Abbot self-propelled gun, the L35A1/A2 cartridge is now mainly used with the RO Defence 105 mm L118 Light Gun. Numbers of Value Engineered Abbots remain in service in India (68), and cartridges similar to the L35A1/A2 have been produced in that country for them and the locally produced Indian Ordnance Factories 105 mm Light Field Gun and 105 mm Field Gun. The main producers of this cartridge are RO Defence, Ammunition Division. In July 1995, the Spanish Army ordered 56 L118 Light Guns from Royal Ordnance (now BAE Systems , RO Defence). Ammunition for these guns is loaded, assembled and packed in Spain by EXPAL SA and SANTA BARBARA. RO Defence 105 mm Light Guns are in service in at least 18 countries. Well over 1,000 units have been produced. It should be noted that the 105 mm Light Guns deployed by the US Army are M119A1 standard, with an L119 ordnance firing ammunition of the 105 mm HE M1 family. Description All natures of cartridge used with the 105 mm L13 and L118 guns employ the same case which is made of drawn brass. The base is fitted with an L10A1 electric primer. For transport and safety the base is normally kept covered by an L2A1 cartridge clip. There are four of the five propellant increments contained within the cartridge case. The fifth is held inside a moulded polystyrene (L35A1) or fibre (L35A2) cap with an interrupted right-hand thread to allow the holder to be screwed into the case using four indentations around the rim of the case mouth. If Charge 5 is not used the charge holder is replaced by a moulded polystyrene lid. The increments are as follows: No 1 467.77 g of propellant N 017 in a signal red cloth bag No 2 141.75 g of propellant N 107 in an undyed (natural) cloth bag No 3 283.5 g of propellant N 107 in a light blue cloth bag No 4 602.43 g of propellant N/S 123 plus a decoppering sheet of lead foil in a light orange cloth bag No 5 907.184 g of propellant N/S 164-048 plus a decoppering sheet of lead foil contained in a green bag held in a moulded holder screwed into the mouth of the cartridge case. Charge 1 consists of Increment No 1. Charge 2 uses Increments Nos 1 and 2, and so on up to Charge 5 which includes all the increments combined. It is possible to create a Charge 4 ½ by combining Charges 1, 2, 4 and 5; this charge was used as a field expedient with British Army HESH projectiles. The Charge range performance is as follows: Charge 1 - 2,500 to 5,700 m Charge 2 - 2,700 to 7,200 m Charge 3 - 5,900 to 9,500 m Charge 4 - 7,900 to 12,200 m Charge 4 ½ - 8,700 to 13,600 m Charge 5 - 15,300 m. Authorised fuzes None involved Equivalent rounds INDIA INDIA Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factories Type: Cartridge 105 mm lFG Description: Standard specifications. Charges held in cambric bagsRead More
Cartridge 105 mm FD Super L36A2/A3
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
Cartridge 105 mm FD Super L36A2/A3
Armament RO Defence 105 mm L118 Light Gun; FV433 Abbot; RDM 105 mm M101/37 ; Indian Ordnance Factories 105 mm Light Field Gun and 105 mm Field Gun. Development Originally developed for the 105 mm L13A1 ordnance used on the Vickers Defence Systems FV433 Abbot self-propelled gun, the L36A2/A3 Super cartridge is now used with the RO Defence 105 mm L118 Light Gun. Numbers of Value Engineered Abbots remain in service in India (68) and cartridges similar to the L36A2/A3 have been produced under licence in that country for them and for the locally produced Indian Ordnance Factories 105 mm Light Field Gun and 105 mm Field Gun. The main producers of this cartridge are RO Defence, Ammunition Division. In July 1995, the Spanish Army ordered 56 L118 Light Guns from Royal Ordnance (now BAE Systems , RO Defence). Ammunition for these guns is loaded, assembled and packed in Spain by EXPAL SA and SANTA BARBARA. RO Defence 105 mm Light Guns are in service in at least 18 countries. Well over 1,000 units have been produced. It should be noted that the 105 mm Light Guns deployed by the US Army are of the M119A1 standard with an L119 ordnance firing ammunition of the 105 mm HE M1 family. Description The 105 mm L36A2/A3 Super cartridge uses the same drawn brass cartridge case as the Normal L35A1/A2 and Training L45A5 cases, and the same L10A1 electric primer in the base. With the L36A2/A3 there are no increments, the unitary propelling charge being contained inside a mid-brown cloth bag. With the L36A3 the propellant used is NQ/S 164-048 weighing approximately 2.863 kg. For the L36A2 the propellant used is N/S 164-048 weighing a nominal 3.349 kg. In both cases the stick-type propellant is bundled together for assembly inside the cloth bag before insertion inside the case. A sheet of lead foil is used as a decoppering agent. The case is closed by a moulded plastic sleeve. Using the L36A2/A3 Super cartridge an L31 series HE shell can be fired to a maximum range of 17,200 m. It is intended that this cartridge will be employed with the RO Defence Shell 105 mm, Field, Extended Range HE, X/RO 03E1 (see separate entry in this section). Authorised fuzes None involved Equivalent rounds INDIA INDIA Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factories Type: Cartridge, Super Charge, 105 mm lFG Description: Standard specificationsRead More
51 mm HE bomb HE-1A
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
51 mm HE bomb HE-1A
Armament UK pattern 51 mm mortar. Development By Indian Ordnance Factory Board, based upon the British L1A1 bomb. Description This bomb is similar to the British original, with a tapering body containing a notched wire fragmentation coil and an explosive filling. The nose ends in an adaptor which accepts the fuze. The tail unit differs by having a short tailboom between the body and the eight fins. The propulsion system also differs by using a primary cartridge in the tail tube and a single secondary charge in a horseshoe-type container, which clips around the tail tube above the fins. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory Board, 10A Auckland Road, Calcutta.Read More
51 mm smoke bomb
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
51 mm smoke bomb
Armament UK pattern 51 mm mortar. Development By Indian Ordnance Factory Board, based upon British Bomb, Smoke, 2 in Mortar Mk II. Description The bomb consists of a tubular steel body, closed at the head by a steel cap, and a light-alloy tail unit attached to the rear end. The body is filled with a hexachloroethane/zinc smoke mixture; in the centre rear is a filling of priming mixture and a central filling of ignition composition. The tailcone is perforated with two holes. The tail unit carries the usual central propelling cartridge; no secondary charges are used. On firing, the flash from the propelling cartridge passes through the holes in the tailcone and fires the ignition composition. This, in turn, fires the priming mixture which takes a small time to burn through, thus allowing the bomb to pass its vertex before the ignition of the smoke mixture. The smoke then escapes through the holes in the tailcone as the bomb falls to the ground and after it has landed. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory Board, 10A Auckland Road, Calcutta.Read More
51 mm illumination bomb
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
51 mm illumination bomb
Armament UK Pattern 51 mm mortar Development By Indian Ordnance Factory Board, indigenous design. Description The illumination bomb is of conventional design with a tubular steel body, closed at the nose by a hemispherical steel cap and at the tail by a light-alloy fin unit. There is no conventional explosive fuze. Upon firing, a delay is ignited which after a short time ignites the ejecting charge, thereby blowing off the nose cap and ejecting the flare and parachute assembly. The delay is timed to eject the flare at maximum ordinate of the projectile's trajectory. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory Board, 10A Auckland Road, Calcutta.Read More
2 in HE bomb Mk 1
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
2 in HE bomb Mk 1
Armament 2 in infantry mortars of British pattern. Development Based upon the original British `bomb, HE, ML 2 in Mortar Mk 1', this was manufactured in India for the British Army before Independence. The mortar and its ammunition were retained and are still in use by the Indian Army. Description The bomb consists of a drawn steel body, to which a welded steel six-fin tail unit is attached by screwing to a spigot on the body. The walls are parallel and the nose screwed to accept a percussion fuze based on the British Fuze No 161. The bomb is filled TNT. The propelling charge consists of a primary cartridge inserted into the centre of the tail unit; no secondary charges are used and ranging is controlled solely by the elevation of the mortar barrel. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory Board, 10A Auckland Road, Calcutta.Read More
2 in illuminating bomb
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
2 in illuminating bomb
Armament 2 in infantry mortars of the British pattern. Development By the Indian Ordnance Factory Board, based on earlier British designs. Description The bomb consists of a tubular thin steel body and is similar in shape to the HE bomb described above. Functioning is conventional via time delay fuzing for parachute flare ejection at the optimum height of 183 m. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory Board, 10A Auckland Road, Calcutta.Read More
2 in smoke bomb Mk 2
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
2 in smoke bomb Mk 2
Armament 2 in infantry mortars of British pattern. Development Based upon the British `bomb, Smoke, ML 2 in Mortar'. Description Of similar shape to the HE bomb, the body is a thin steel tube, the head end of which is closed by a brazed-on cap and the rear end by a perforated alloy plug to which the six-fin steel tail unit is screwed. The perforations are covered internally by a waterproof membrane. The body is filled with hexachloroethane/zinc smoke composition. At the rear end of the filling is an ignition pellet and a delay composition. On firing, the flash from the propelling cartridge passes through the perforations in the rear body cap and ignites the delay composition. After a short delay the ignition pellet is fired and this, in turn, ignites the HCE smoke composition during the final stage of the bomb's flight. Smoke emission commences and after the bomb strikes the ground continues, via the holes in the rear body cap, for about 2 minutes. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory Board, 10A Auckland Road, Calcutta.Read More
120 mm HE bomb
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
120 mm HE bomb
Armament All 120 mm smoothbore mortars. Development By Indian Ordnance Factory Board, based on TDA M44 pattern. Description A forged steel bomb of conventional shape, with light-alloy tailboom and fins. The nose is threaded for the fuze and a light exploder container is pressed into the filling. A primary cartridge fits into the tailboom and seven secondary increments fit around it in horseshoe containers. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory Board.Read More
120 mm illuminating bomb
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
120 mm illuminating bomb
Armament Any 120 mm smoothbore mortar. Development By Indian Ordnance Factories organisation to provide a suitable illuminating bomb for Indian Army use. Description This illuminating bomb outwardly resembles the 120 mm HE mortar bomb (see previous entry), but the body carries a flare and parachute unit. A mechanical time fuze, which appears to be based on the British No 199, is mounted in the nose. When this fuze functions, ideally at an optimum height of 700 m, the flare and parachute are ejected to create a light output sufficient to illuminate a ground area over 1,200 m in diameter. The propelling charge consists of a primary cartridge in the tail unit, plus seven secondaries in horseshoe containers clipped around the tailboom. Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory.Read More
Shell 105 mm FD HE L31A1, L31A2, L31A3, Fuzed
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weaponsAmmunition, Missiles and precision weapons
India
Shell 105 mm FD HE L31A1, L31A2, L31A3, Fuzed
Armament RO Defence 105 mm L118 Light Gun; FV433 Abbot; RDM 105 mm M101/37 ; Indian Ordnance Factories 105 mm Light Field Gun and 105 mm Field Gun. Development Originally developed for the 105 mm L13A1 ordnance used on the Vickers Defence Systems FV433 Abbot self-propelled gun, the 105 mm L31 HE projectile series is now more widely used with the Royal Ordnance (now BAE Systems , RO Defence) 105 mm L118 Light Gun as the Abbot has been withdrawn from service by the British Army. However, numbers of Value Engineered Abbots remain in service in India (68), and ammunition similar to the 105 mm L31 HE series has been produced in that country for them and for the locally produced Indian Ordnance Factories 105 mm Light Field Gun and 105 mm Field Gun. The main producers of this round are RO Defence, Ammunition Division. In July 1995, the Spanish Army ordered 56 L118 Light Guns from Royal Ordnance (now BAE Systems , RO Defence). Ammunition for these guns is loaded, assembled and packed in Spain by EXPAL and SANTA BARBARA. RO Defence 105 mm Light Guns are in service in at least 18 countries. Well over 1,000 units have been produced. It should be noted that the 105 mm Light Guns deployed by the US Army are of the M119A1 standard with an L119 ordnance firing ammunition of the 105 mm HE M1 family. Description The 105 mm L31 HE shell is made from forged or cold-extruded high-tensile steel, formed into a streamlined and relatively thin-walled projectile to produce optimum fragmentation and blast effects. The resultant lethal area is stated to be about 25 per cent greater than that for the American 105 mm HE M1 equivalent, with higher consistency in range and accuracy. A single copper driving band is fitted to the lower body. The baseplate is secured by either an overlapping spot weld or seam weld. The 105 mm L31A1 HE main filling is 2.431 kg of RDX/TNT 60/40 Type A together with a filling of RDX/TNT 55/45 Type B. Nominal weight fuzed is 16.103 kg. The L31A2 main filling is 2.3123 kg of creamed TNT. Nominal weight fuzed is 15.984 kg. The L31A3 main filling is 2.392 kg of RDX/TNT 60/40 Type A topped with RDX/TNT or TNT. Nominal weight fuzed is 16.089 kg. The interior wall of the L31A3 shell cavity is bituminous coated while the walls of the L31A1 and L31A2 are copal varnished. All three variants use a canned exploder containing approximately 142 g of RDX/WX8. A groundburst detonation of a 105 mm L31 series HE projectile will result in a lethal area covering 588 m 2 . The Charge system is assembled in brass cartridge cases, Normal (L35A1/A2) having five increments and Super (L36A2/A3), a unitary charge. Ignition is by an electric primer ( L10A1 ) fitted in the cartridge base. Range performance is as follows: Charge 1 (L35A1/A2) - 2,500 to 5,700 m Charge 2 (L35A1/A2) - 2,700 to 7,200 m Charge 3 (L35A1/A2) - 5,900 to 9,500 m Charge 4 (L35A1/A2) - 7,900 to 12,200 m Charge 5 (L35A1/A2) - 15,300 m Super Charge (L36A2/A3) - 17,200 m. Minimum ranges with Charge 1 and 2 require L1A1 spoiler rings to be fitted to the shell. Also available is the Cartridge 105 mm FD Training L45A1 (see separate entry for details). The inert drill round used to represent the 105 mm L31 HE series is the Drill Shell, 105 mm, Field, HE, L1A1 . It has a drill nose fuze (Drill Nose Fuze Percussion DA and Graze L83A1) representing an L32 service fuze, and a drill exploder. The filling is an inert high-explosive substitute. Also available for training purposes is the RO 38-05A1 105 mm practice flash ammunition - (see separate entry for details). Authorised fuzes The L31A1 and L31A2 can use the PD Graze Delay L32, L85A2 and L112, the MT PD L33 and the VT L27 The L31A3 can use the PD Graze Delay L32, L85A1, L85A2, L112 and M557, the MT PD L33 and the VT L27 Equivalent rounds INDIA INDIA Manufacturer Indian Ordnance Factory, Khamaria Jabalpur Type: 105 mm QF - HE Description: Fitted with PD Fuze 117 Mk 20. Weight of projectile is 16.4 kg and explosive charge given as 2.38 kgRead More
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