Description
To provide improved antipersonnel capability when loaded in 105mm cartridge M444.
The grenade M39 is an airburst munition which is expelled from the projectile body in flight. Upon surface impact, the explosive components are ejected upward for airburst. The grenade consists of a housing assembly two vanes which extend in flight, pivoted on two D shaped sear pins, a striker plate with firing pin, two striker plate guide rods which interlock the sear pins, ejection charge, delay detonator, and a two-piece steel ball filled with Composition A5. There are 18 grenades in the M444 cartridge.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Source(s)
TM 43-0001-28, Artillery Ammunition (chg 11, 2003)
