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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| Type 93 - 15-cm (150-mm) High-Explosive Long-Pointed Projectile |
| Weight of projectile, filled (without fuze): 40.23 kg. (88.5 pounds). |
| Weight of filling: No data. |
| Filling: Cast TNT. |
| Diameter of copper bourrelet: 149.2 mm (5 7/8 inches). |
| Length over all (without fuze): 620.2 mm (24 7/16 inches). |
| Length protruding from case (without fuze): 516 mm (20 5/16 inches). |
| Width of rotating band: |
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Forward: 25.4 mm (1 inch). |
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Aft: 19.1 mm (3/4 inch). |
| Width of copper bourrelet: 31.8 mm (1 1/4 inches). |
| Fuzing: Type 90 instantaneous short-delay fuze. |
| Weapons in which used: |
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Type 89 gun. |
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Type 45 gun: Case, 48 1/32 inches. |
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Type 7-year gun: Case, 48 1/32 inches. |
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Type 90 gun: Case, 48 1/32 inches. |
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Figure 289 – Type 93 15-cm High-Explosive Long-Pointed Projectile. |
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