Length: 14.75 inches.

Maximum width: 3.5 inches.

Minimum width: 2.5 inches.

Color: Fins and bangalore section are painted tan with a red band at the top of each section. The modified protion of the base section is painted black.

Fuzing: Instantaneous delay fuze for bangalore mortar.

Weapon in which used: Type 89 discharger.

Description: The projectile is constructed in two sections. The nose section is a stan-dard bangalore length, while the base section is a bangalore length cut off and modified to fit into the barrel of the discharger. This section also has three spot-welded brackets to which the sheet metal fins are bolted. A cap, having two circumferential grooves cut into it to divide the surface into three after bearing surfaces, is welded around the after end of the base section. A length of 50-mm tubing is welded to the base section and serves as a forward bearing surface for the projectile. A plate is welded to the bangalore base section to prevent the bangalore from sliding too far down into the launcher tube.

Figure 299 – 50-mm Finned Bangalore Torpedo.