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US Rocket, 7.2 inch HE, Hedgehog

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Description

The projectile consists of a flat nosed head with a conical tail fairing and parallel sides. The adapter and fuze thread into the nose. The motor unit consists of a smokeless powder cartridge with primer. which is lodged forward in the tail tube. the tube fitting over a firing post. The primer is detonated by electric contacts in the post.

Functioning

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Source(s)

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