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53-OF-482M

Projectile  
Bulgaria
China
Croatia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Romania
Russian Federation
Serbia
USSR

The 53-OF-482M (RU: 53-ОФ-482М) is a Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation, 130 mm, steel-bodied, boat-tailed, spin-stabilised, high-explosive fragmentation (HE-FRAG) artillery projectile. Overview The 53-OF-482M projectile, the rounds it is part of (see 'Rounds' area), and the M-46 (RU: M-46) field gun (see ‘Usage’ area) that fires the rounds, are all thought to have been adopted by the former Soviet Union in 1951. Construction Th...

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