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US Projectile, 5 inch Common, Mk 32 Mod 1 - 4

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Description

These projectiles are designed to penetrate approximately one-third their caliber of armor. They differ from Armor-Piercing and Special Common projectiles in that they have no cap or hood; the windshield threads directly to the body.

Fuzing is base detonating.

Color is slate gray.

Functioning

No information about functioning.

Hazardous Components

No information about hazardous components.

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Source(s)

 

OP 1664, Volume 1 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)