20-mm High-Explosive Tracer ProjectileType 100 20-mm H.E.T. (Self-Destroying) Projectile
Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition
Chapter 4 – Section 1
ARMY PROJECTILES
Type 98 - 20-mm High Explosive Tracer Projectile
Over-all length: 7 29/64 inches.
Length of projectile: 2 13/32 inches.
Filling: Cyclonite, tracer composition.
Fuzing: Type 93 small instantaneous fuze.

Color and markings: Black body with red band just aft of bourrelet, green, and yellow bands forward of rotating band. (Type 98) is stenciled on the body.

Weapons in which used: Type 97 antitank gun.

Remarks: This projectile is made of steel, with two cavities separated by a septum.

Figure 210 – Type 98 20-mm High-Explosive Tracer Projectile.

 
20-mm High-Explosive Tracer ProjectileType 100 20-mm H.E.T. (Self-Destroying) Projectile