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120 mm Mortar Bombs

120 mm HE 120

120 mm HE 120

Caliber

5.56/7.62

Barrel length, mm

215/215

Magazine capacity

30/30

Overview

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120 mm Mortar Bomb HE 120

HE 120: NSN 1315-50-001-0767

 

 

The 120 mm High Explosive Mortar bomb HE 120 has been designed as suitable ammunition for the 120 mm Mortars.

The ammunition is intended for destroying enemy manpower, non-armoured equipment, and shelters.

The optimum blast and fragmentation effect of approximately 2 922 effective fragments is achieved by the use of spheroidal graphite cast iron with predominately ferritic structure.

Main Features:

This Mortar Bomb is fuzed with AF69.

The Mortar Bomb HE 120 can be fired from 120 mm Mortars M-38, M-43, 2B11 and 2S12-Sani.

Do not fire the HE 120 with Ignition Cartridge only!

The HE 120 can be fired with up to 6 Increment Charges.

BALLISTIC DATA
HE 120
Average Maximum Pressure (Crusher), kgf/cm21 030 (0+6)
Average Max Range, m5 840 (0+6)
Average Muzzle velocity, m/s274 (0+6)
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS
HE 120
Body materialSpheroidal Graphite Cast Iron
Length fuzed, mm674 max
Weight fuzed, kg16 max
Weight of Explosive charge (TNT), kg1.5 max
Highest Max Pressure (Crusher), kgf/cm21 100 (0+6)
Operating Temperature Range, °Cfrom minus 40 to 50
Packing
TypeUnfuzed Mortar Bombs Wooden case, containing: 2 pcs Unfuzed Mortar bombs + 2 pcs Ignition Cartridges (packed in a cardboard box) + 8 pcs Increment Charges (packed in two cardboard boxes, each one containing 4 pcs Increment Charges).Fuzes Wooden case with 3 metal airtight boxesq as each metal airtight box contains 28 Fuzes packed in a plastic bag (84 Fuzes totally)
Wooden case dimensions, mm945x345x230875x398x206
Wooden case weight, kg5065
Wooden case volume, m30.0750.072
Class of explosion hazard, UN Code1.2D, UN 01691.2B, UN 0107