Description
This projectile is part of the new family of ballistically similar 155mm Howitzer ammunition. It will eventually replace the 155mm HE M107 projectile. The M795 projectile will be utilized to provide conventional support fires for division/corps elements.
The configuration of the M795 projectile will be similar to the M483A1 externally, except that it is two inches shorter. The M795 projectile consists of 23.8 pounds of TNT explosive loaded into a 78.1 pound body assembly. A gilding metal rotating band encircles the high fragmentation steel HF-1 body near its base. The obturator is plastic. The projectile is fitted with a protective lifting plug at the nose and a flexible rotating band cover which protects the rotating band during shipping and handling The projectile uses impact, mechanical time, and short intrusion proximity fuzes. The M795 projectile has a supplementary charge which should not be removed since firing long intrusion proximity fuzes is not authorized The projectiles have a lifting plug designed to protect the projectile nose area against accidental damage. The new plug has an oversized (3-3/4 in.) flange If this protective lifting plug is broken at the neck area, the threaded portion of the plug will remain in the projectile and the projectile can not be fuzed. No attempt should be made to extract any portion of a broken plug from a projectile; the projectile is not to be used and should be returned to supply point.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Projectile, 155mm HE, M483, M483A1
Source(s)
TM 43-0001-28, Artillery Ammunition (chg 11, 2003)
