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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 1 |
| ARMY PROJECTILES |
| 15-cm (150-mm) Armor-Piercing High-Explosive Projectile |
| Weight of projectile, filled: 44.54 kg. (98 pounds). |
| Weight of filling: 5.2 kg. (11.5 pounds). |
| Filling: Picric acid in two preformed, paper-wrapped blocks. |
| Diameter at copper bourrelet: 149.2 mm (5 7/8 inches). |
| Length over all: 584.2 mm (23 inches). |
| Length protruding from case (without fuze): 544.5 mm (21 7/16 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). |
| Fuzing: Type 88 small base 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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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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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 291 – 15-cm Armor-Piercing High-Explosive Projectile. |
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