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Type Classification:
Std MSR 08746022 dtd 1974
Use:
This cartridge is a high explosive round designed to inflict personnel casualties using air
burst effect, and is fired from 40mm Grenade
Launchers M79 and M203 (attached to the M16
series rifle).
Description:
This cartridge is a fixed round of ammunition consisting of a one-piece steel projectile
body with a metal rotating band and a cartridge
case assembly containing the propelling charge
and percussion primer. A hollow ogive is fitted
to the front end of the projectile. A hollow steel
ball assembly containing a delay detonator, a
booster charge, and an HE bursting charge, is
fitted into the rear end of the projectile. A PD
fuze assembly is threaded into the front opening of the ball assembly. The projectile assenbly is press-fitted into a cartridge case. The
case is a hollow bichambered aluminum cylinder with an annealed brass propellant cup
assembly fitted into the center of the cartridge
base.
TM 43-0001-28
Performance:
Maximum range -----------------Muzzle velocity -----------------Arming delay distance --------Temperature Limits:
Firing:
Lower limit -----------------------Upper limit -----------------------Storage:
Lower limit -----------------------Upper limit -----------------------*Packing -------------------------------
*Packing Box:
Weight -----------------------------Dimensions ----------------------Cube ---------------------------------
Tabulated Data:
Complete round:
Type ---------------------------------Weight -----------------------------Length -----------------------------Weapons used with -------------
-65F (-53.8C)
+165F
(73.9C)
6 rounds per
bandoleer;
12 bandoleers
(72 rounds)
per box
58 lb
17-3/4 x 14-1/8
x 11-15/32 in.
1.7 cu ft
Projectile:
Body material -------------------- Aluminum
skirt with
steel ball containing
explosive filler
Color -------------------------------- Olive drab
w/yellow
markings and
yellow ogive
Filler -------------------------------- OCTOL, 32 g
Fuze --------------------------------- PD, M536E1
Propelling charge:
Cartridge case --------------------- M118
Propellant -------------------------- M9, 330 mg
Primer ------------------------------ M42, FED 100
6-18
400 m
76 mps
(250 fps)
14 to 27 m
(45 to 90 ft)