Type 95 7-cm (70-mm) Illuminating ProjectileType 95 7-cm (70-mm) Armor Piercing Projectile
Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition
Chapter 4 – Section 1
ARMY PROJECTILES
Type 92 - 7-cm (70-mm) High-Explosive Projectile
Weight of complete round: 4.42 kg. (9.72 pounds).
Weight of projectile fuzed: 3.81 kg. (8.38 pounds).
Weight of filling: 0.590 kg.

Filling: Standard, cast TNT; alternate, pressed mixture of R.D.X. and ammonium nitrate.

Diameter of bourrelet: 70 mm (minus tol.).
Length of projectile (without fuze): 234 mm (9 1/4 inches).
Length of propellant case: 101 mm (4 inches).
Length of assembled round (without fuze): 306 mm (12 1/16 inches).
Diameter of base of case: 81 mm (3 3/16 inches).
Width of rotating band: 10 mm.
Weapons in which used: Type 94 tank gun.
Fuzing: Type 88 short-delay nose fuze (gun type).
Propellant: 138 grams of 5-mm square grain (medium) smokeless powder.

Remarks: The projectile is the same as the type 92 H.E. projectile used in the Type 92 Infantry Howitzer.

Figure 240 – Type 92 7-cm High-Explosive Projectile.

Type 95 7-cm (70-mm) Illuminating ProjectileType 95 7-cm (70-mm) Armor Piercing Projectile