Description
This is a spin stabilized anti-aircraft projectile. The 5 inch A.A. Common Mk 47 Mods 0 and 1 are used in 5"/38 guns.
The projectiles overall length with its nose fuze is 20.70 inches. The diameters of the base and the diameter at the bourrelet are 4.985 inches. The distance from the base to the band is 1.93 inches and the width of the band is 2.25 inches. The Mod 1 differs from the Mod 0 in that the band seat has different knurling. Only a few thousand of these A.A. Common Projectiles Mk 47 were made. The Mk 47 was made to furnish a heavier projectile for some newer lightweight fuzes, hence maintaining a standard ballistic weight. However, it has been fuzed exactly like the Mk 35 up to the present time.
Functioning
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Hazardous Components
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Source(s)
OP 1664, Volume 1 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
