Description
These are aircraft fired, rocket launched, nose ejecting warheads, employing the M439 resistance capacitance variable time delay fuze. The M255A1 warhead dispense a nonexplosive cargo of flechettes and a red marker pigment during flight.
Carries 585 120-grain or 1200 60-grain flechettes.
The M255A1 warhead weighs 13.25 pounds (6.01 kilograms). The M255A1 warhead payload is steel flechettes which contain no energetic composition. Each flechette weighs 60 grains.
The M255A1 warhead is olive drab with white markings and a band of white diamond.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Source(s)
Afghanistan Ordnance ID Guide, Volume 1 (2004)
TM 43-0001-30, Rockets (chg 14, 2001)
