Description
This is a spin stabilized, WP projectile. The projectile body, base plate, and expelling charge are the same as those for the 5 inch Illuminating Projectile Mk 30. The canister holding the WP filled tubes is of 0.03-inch thick sheet steel and measures 12.03 inches long by 3.9 inches in diameter.
Through the center of the canister is inserted a burster tube containing the ballistic burster charge, with a black powder delay fitted to the upper end of the tube. The canister is divided into four sections internally, with each section containing 42 WP filled steel tubes 0.5 inch in diameter and 2.86 inches long, 168 tubes in all. The canister is filled through the base with molten WP and closed with two 1/2-inch pipe plugs.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
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Source(s)
OP 1664, Volume 1 - US Explosive Ordnance (1947)
