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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Army Ammunition – Navy Ammunition |
| Chapter 4 – Section 3 |
| ARMY MORTARS |
| Type 96 - 150-mm High-Explosive Mortar |
| Weight complete round: 58.06 pounds. |
| Weight main charge: 12.9 pounds. |
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Main charge: TNT. |
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Booster: Picric. |
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Propellant: |
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Nitrocellulose and graphite: 58.0 percent. |
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Nitroglycerine: 7.1 percent. |
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Dinitrotoluene: 25.7 percent. |
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Diphenylamine: 0.5 percent. |
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Potassium nitrate: 8.7 percent. |
| Over-all length (without fuze): 28.75 inches. |
| Length fin assembly: 7.81 inches. |
| Maximum diameter at bourrelet: 5.9 inches (150 mm). |
| Maximum diameter of tail fins: 5.87 inches. |
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Color: Black over all with a red tip, a yellow band below the bourrelet, and a white band before the tail-fin assembly. |
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Fuzing: Type 93 instantaneous short-delay mortar fuze. |
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Weapon in which used: Type 96 150-mm smooth-bore mortar. |
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Description: The construction of this shell is similar to that of the type 97 81-mm H.E. mortar shell. |
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Figure 312 – Type 96 150-mm High-Explosive Mortar. |
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