Type 97 and Type 98 20-mm AmmunitionType 98 20-mm High-Explosive Tracer Projectile
Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition
Chapter 4 – Section 1
ARMY PROJECTILES
20-mm High-Explosive Tracer Projectile
Over-all length: 8 3/16 inches.
Length of projectile: 3 13/64 inches.
Weight of projectile: 4.54 ounces.
Filling: Cyclonite, tracer composition.

Color and markings: Black body with yellow band just aft of bourrelet and white band for-ward of rotating band.

Fuzing: Type 93 small instantaneous fuze.
Weapons in which used: Type 98 antiaircraft/-antitank gun.

Remarks: This projectile is made of steel with two cavities separated by a septum. The round is characterized by a sharp bourrelet.

Figure 209 – 20-mm High-Explosive Tracer Projectile.

Type 97 and Type 98 20-mm AmmunitionType 98 20-mm High-Explosive Tracer Projectile