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53-F-853S 160 mm HE Mortar Bomb
The 53-F-853S (RU: 53-Ф-853С) is a Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation, fin-stabilised, steel-bodied 160 mm high explosive fragmentation (HE-Frag) mortar bomb. Overview The 53-F-853S would later be modified to produce the improved 53-F-853U (RU: 53-Ф-853У) variant, with the two bombs primarily differing in the design of their stabiliser assemblies and their fuzing. Construction The 53-F-853S bomb body has short truncated ogival n...
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