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US Rocket, 4.5 inch SAP, T78 and Practice, T86

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Description

This is another fixed-fin 4.5-inch rocket. A high-velocity aircraft rocket, it is fired from the zero-length launchers.

This SAP Head T2000 is of heavy walled construction and threaded at the base to receive the motor tube.

This round uses the same motor and fin assembly as are found on the T83 round. It also uses the same propellant and igniter. The Practice Round T86, T2001 Head, is inert fuzed and loaded.

Functioning

No information about functioning.

Hazardous Components

No information about hazardous components.

See Also

Rocket, 4.5 inch HE, T83

Source(s)

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