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53-O-822

Mortar Bomb  
Russian Federation
USSR

The 53-O-822 (53-О-822) is a Soviet-era-developed, Russian, nose-fuzed, 50 mm, high-explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) mortar bomb. The exact adoption date of the 53-O-822 by the then Soviet Army is unclear, but it is thought to be 1938. Construction The 53-O-822 mortar bomb is comprised of a steel body body, which incorporates non-detachable tail extension, and a nose impact fuze. A variant of the 53-O-822 mortar bomb, which uses a cast...

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