Description
This cartridge is fired from 90mm guns and is intended primarily for antipersonnel use at close range.
The canister consists of a thin steel cylindrical body welded to a heavy steel cup-shaped base, A gilding metal rotating band is assembled to the base. The body has four equally spaced axial slits extending from the forward end of the canister for approximately half the canister length. The canister body is filled with approximately 1,281 stacked steel cylindrical pellets held in place by a soldered closing disk. A percussion primed cartridge case containing propellant is crimped to the projectile.
The projectile is painted olive drab with white markings.
Functioning
Immediately after the canister leaves the muzzle of the gun, the air pressure on the closing disk and the centrifugal force acting on the body and pellets cause the canister to break at the four slits on the body with resultant conical dispersion of the pellets. The round has an effective range of 0 to 183 meters. The minimum angle of dispersion is approximately 9°.
Hazardous Components
Filler - 1281 slugs (14,9 lb, 6.77 kg)
Cartridge case - M108B1
Propellant - M2 (8 lb, 3.64 kg)
Primer - M58 percussion
Physical Data
Length, overall - 33.8 in, 858.5 mm
See Also
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Source(s)
TM 9-1300-203, Artillery Ammunition (1967)
