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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 3 |
| ARMY MORTARS |
| Type 94 - 90-mm Incendiary Mortar |
| Weight complete round: 11.6 pounds. |
| Weight incendiary mixture: 2.2 pounds. |
| Weight burster charge: 2.75 ounces. |
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Burster Charge: No data. |
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Propellant: No data. |
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Incendiary filling: Phosphorus, carbon disulphide, and 40 cylindrical rubber pellets. |
| Over-all length (without fuze): 15.9 inches. |
| Length fin assembly: 4.0 inches. |
| Maximum diameter at bourrelet: 3.54 inches (90-mm). |
| Maximum diameter of tail fins: 3.54 inches. |
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Color: Black body with blue bands around the nose, a yellow band half away between the bourrelet and tain and white band at junction of body and tail. |
| Fuzing: Type 93 instantaneous short-delay mortar fuze (presumed). |
| Weapons in which used: |
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Type 94: 90-mm mortar. |
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Type 97: 90-mm mortar. |
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Description: This shell is similar in design to the type 94 H.E. mortar shell, with the fol-lowing exceptions: |
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1. An enlarged booster cup threads into the nose of the projectile. It contains a well for the lower fuze body and detonator, a burster charge, and a wooden block. |
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2. A fuze adapter threads into the forward end of the booster cup. |
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Remarks: A shell of similar construction, weight, and measurements contains a filling of diphenylcyanrsine (DC). The shell is painted black over-all and has a red band around the nose with a blue band adjancent to it. There is a yellow band aft of the bourrelet and a red band half way between the bourrelet and the tail. There is a white band at the junc-tion of the shell body and tail. |
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Figure 310 – Type 94 90-mm Incendiary Mortar. |
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