Description
To meet the needs of simultaneously defeating enemy armor and personnel.
A low-spin folding-fin aircraft rocket (LSFFAR), air-to-ground primarily deployed from rotary-wing and other low speed aircraft.
The warhead section configuration matches the weight and flight characteristics of the M151 HE warhead. The fragmenting body is a take-off from the M229 HE warhead. The shaped charge section is the copper liner core which was developed for a light antitank weapon (LAW).
The warhead employs the M438 fuze. The armor penetration of this warhead is approximately the same as the M72 LAW with antipersonnel performance approximately 70 percent of that of the M151 HE warhead.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Rocket Motor, 2.75 inch FFAR, Mk 40
Source(s)
TM 43-0001-30, Rockets (chg 14, 2001)
