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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| Type 90 - 7-cm (75-mm) Shrapnel Projectile |
| Weight of projectile, filled: 7.00 kg. (15.4 pounds). |
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Bursting charge: 0.100 kg. (0.22 pounds). Black powder contained in base of the projec-tile and in a central brass tube. |
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Shrapnel filled: Approximately 272 lead balls (10.5 grams each) packed in a rosin matrix. The balls are separated from the bursting charge in the base by a steel disc which rests on a shoulder in the projectile cavity. |
| Diameter at bourrelet: 75 mm (minus tol.). |
| Length over all (without fuze): 235 mm (9 1/4 inches). |
| Length protruding from case (without fuze): 197 mm (7 3/4 inches). |
| Width of rotating band: 10 mm. |
| Fuzing: Type 5th year combination time and impact fuze. |
| Weapons in which used: |
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Type 41 mountain gun (regimental gun): Case, 7 1/4 inches. |
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Type 94 mountain gun: Case, 11 9/16 inches. |
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Type 38 field gun group: Case, 11 9/16 inches. |
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Type 90 field gun: Case, 16 9/16 inches. |
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Figure 261 – Type 90 7-cm Shrapnel Projectile. |
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