Description
This round was designed for armor-piercing work with old and new 155-mm guns.
The projectile is filled with 1.44 pounds of explosive D, and fuzed with the BD Fuze M60. The projectile consists of a heavy steel body hollowed out to receive the filler and fuze, a steel adapter soldered and crimped to the nose of body and a steel windshield threaded to the adapter. The addition of the windshield continues the ogive which has a radius of approximately 65 inches. The base of the projectile is not tapered, and has a groove cut in it to receive a copper base cover after the M60 Fuze has been inserted. The fuze designation and lot number are stamped on the rotating band, and the appropriate delay is stenciled on the base cover. The projectile loaded and fuzed weighs 100 pounds. Since it contains a high explosive, the projectile is painted olive drab and stenciled in yellow.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
Source(s)
TM 9-1904, Ammunition Inspection Guide (1944)
