Description
Dummy Projectile M458 is used with Dummy Propelling Charge M98. Both components are inert and are used as a drill round to train troops in handling the ammunition and loading the weapon.
Dummy Projectile M458 simulates the projectile M437A2 or M437A1 in exterior shape, weight and center of gravity. Dummy Propelling Charge M98 likewise simulates service propelling charge M86. The round is employed with Dummy Projectile Extractor M7 for removal of the dummy projectile after ramming, The extractor tool is an 18-foot, 8-inch aluminum pipe fitted with a hook at one end and handles at the other. The base of the dummy projectile contains a lubricated spring loaded plunger to loosen the projectile in the forcing cone of the barrel after ramming, The projectile exterior is fitted with front and rear bands for engagement with the barrel rifling, and the front band is covered with a protective grommet to be removed before loading. The nose of the projectile has an inert supplementary charge, a spacer, and a threaded lifting plug in the fuze cavity. Dummy Propelling Charge M98 consists of 3 increments filled with wood blocks, weighted with lead to equal the weight of the service charge.
The projectile can be blue, black or bronze.
Functioning
The complete round is inert and does not function.
Hazardous Components
The complete round is inert.
Physical Data
Length, with lifting plug - 37.23 in, 945.6 mm
Length, without lifting plug - 34.11 in, 866.4 mm
See Also
Projectile, 175mm HE, M437A1, M437A2
Source(s)
TM 9-1300-203, Artillery Ammunition (1967)
