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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| 7-cm (75-mm) Design "B" High-Explosive Projectile |
| Weight of projectile, filled: 6.61 kg. (14.5 pounds). |
| Weight of filling: 1.24 pounds. |
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Filling: "ONA", a mixture of picric acid and dinitronaphthalene in two preformed blocks wrapped as a single unit. |
| Diameter at bourrelet: 75 mm (minus tol.). |
| Length over all (without fuze): 12 3/8 inches. |
| Length protruding from case (without fuze): 10 7/8 inches. |
| Width of rotating band: No data. |
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Fuzing: Type 88, instantaneous nose fuze (gun type); type 88, short-delay nose fuze (gun type). |
| 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. |
| Remarks: This is an old projectile and is now obsolete. |
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Figure 252 – 7-cm Design "B" High-Explosive Projectile. |
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