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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| Type 95 - 15-cm (155-mm) Armor-Piercing High-Explosive Projectile |
| Weight of projectile, filled (fuzed): 36.1 kg. (79.5 pounds). |
| Weight of filling: 2.3 kg. (5 pounds). |
| Filling: Two preformed blocks of high grade TNT. |
| Diameter at bourrelet: 150 mm (5 15/16 inches). |
| Length of projectile (without fuze): 449.3 mm (17 11/16 inches). |
| Length of protruding from case: 406.4 mm (16 inches). |
| Width of rotating band: 20.6 mm (13/16 inches). |
| Fuzing: Type 95 medium howitzer-mortar base fuze. |
| Weapons in which used: |
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Type 4-year howitzer: Case A, 10 3/16 inches; Case B, 8 7/8 inches. |
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Type 38 howitzer: Case, 4 1/4 inches. |
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Type 96 howitzer: Case, 12 5/8 inches. |
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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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Type 89 gun: Bag charge. |
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Remarks: When this projectile is used in a howitzer, it has a single rotating band, but when it is used in guns it has a double rotating band. |
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Figure 290 – Type 95 15-cm Armor-Piercing High-Explosive Projectile. |
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