Description
To provide improved antipersonnel capability when loaded in 105mm cartridge, M413.
The grenade M35 is a ground burst munition consisting essentially of a steel ball with an aluminum skirt and a point-detonating grenade fuze and striker in the nose. Two nylon ribbon streamers, attached to the inside of the aluminum skirt, orients and drag-stabilizes the grenade in flight. The steel ball is filled with 28 grams of Composition B.
Three grenades in the layer next to the base plug of the M413 projectile contain a yellow dye which acts as a spotting charge. The dye is in polyethylene bags secured by a polyethylene cup which is located beneath the ribbon streamers.
The fragmenting portion of the grenade body consists of a steel sphere filled with Composition B, a booster retainer, felt pad and booster pellet. The inner surfaces of the sphere have been embossed in such a manner that upon detonation, it bursts uniformly into fragments of optimum effectiveness.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Source(s)
TM 43-0001-28, Artillery Ammunition (chg 11, 2003)
