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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| Type 94 - 37-mm High-Explosive Projectile |
Type
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Type
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Type
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Type 1 A/
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Type 11th
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Over-all length of projectile |
125 mm
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125 mm
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125 mm
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125 mm
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125 mm
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Lenght of complete round |
349 mm
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266 mm
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223 mm
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349 mm
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221 mm
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Diameter at bourrelet |
37 mm |
37 mm |
37 mm |
37 mm |
37 mm |
Width of rotating band |
8 mm |
8 mm |
8 mm |
8 mm |
8 mm |
| Weight of projectile filled: 595.1 grams. |
| Filling: Picric acid and TNT. |
| Weapons in which used: All 37-mm guns. |
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Color and markings: Black body, red nose band, yellow body band (some rounds may have white body band added). |
| Fuzing: Type 93 small instantaneous fuze. |
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Remarks: This steel projectile is filled with TNT and picric acid. The after two-thirds of the projectile cavity is filled with high grade cast TNT. The forward one-third of the pro-jectile cavity is filled with picric acid. The entire bursting charge is enclosed in a heavy waxed paper casing with a double thickness between the TNT and picric acid charge. |
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Figure 226 – 37-mm Type 94 High-Explosive Projectile. |
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