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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| Type 3 - 7-cm (70-mm) Hollow-Charge Projectile |
| Weight of complete round: No data. |
| Weight of projectile (without fuze): (2.80 kg.) 6 pounds, 4.75 ounces. |
| Weight of filling: (0.99 kg.) 1 pound. |
| Filling: A cast mixture of TNT and Cyclonite (RDX) wrapped in varnished paper. |
| Diameter at bourrelet: 69.5 mm (2 51/64 inches). |
| Length over-all (without fuze): 229 mm (9 inches). |
| Length protruding from case: 186 mm (7 19/64 inches). |
| Length of projectile body without nose cap: 170 mm (6 45/64 inches). |
| Width of rotating band: 10 mm. |
| Weapons in which used: Type 92 infantery gun (howitzer). |
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Fuzing: Type 88 instantaneous fuze (howitzer, mortar type). Operation and Employment: This round is used principally as an anti-tank weapon. |
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Remarks: The use of a white band above a yellow band to identify hollow charge pro-jectiles is assumed to be a combination of the use of white band for armor-piercing and yellow band for high explosive in the new color system. Both bands are near the middle of the projectile. |
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This arragmenet is not to be confused with the combination of yellow band above white band to identify high explosive projectiles in the old color system, in which case the yel-low and the white band just above the rotating band. |
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Figure 238 – Type 3 7-cm Hollow-Charge Projectile. |
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