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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| Type 95 - 7-cm (75-mm) Armor-Piercing High-Explosive Projectile |
| Weight of projectile, filled (fuzed): 6.21 kg. (13.66 pounds). |
| Weight of filling: 0.46 kg. (1.01 pounds). |
| Filling: "ONA" a mixture of picric acid and dinitronaphthalene. |
| Diameter at bourrelet: 75.0 mm (minus tol.). |
| Length over all (without fuze): No data. |
| Length protruding from case: 265.5 mm (10 7/16 inches). |
| Width of rotating band: No data. |
| Fuzing: Type 95 small base 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 38 field gun group: Case, 11 9/16 inches. |
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Type 99 field gun: Case, 16 11/16 inches. |
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Type 94 mountain gun: Case, 11 9/16 inches. |
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Type 88 7 cm field A.A. gun (special): Case, 19 9/16 inches. |
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Penetrating power: When used in the type 41 mountain gun this projectile is designed to penetrate 20 mm of steel plate at a maximum range of 3,000 meters. |
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Remarks: By design, this projectile is intended for a function intermediate between that of H.E. projectiles and true armor-piercing types. For this reason the Japanese designate it "A.P.H.E." A.P.-H.E. projectiles are painted like the H.E. rather than the A.P. class. |
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Figure 258 – Type 95 7-cm Armor-Piercing High-Explosive Projectile. |
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