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M301A2

Mortar Bomb  
Iran, Islamic Republic of
United States of America

The M301A2 is a US-developed 81 mm illuminating mortar bomb round, which is referred to as a cartridge in US terminology. The M301A2 is a further development of the M301A1 round, which primarily differs is that is has multiple gas check bourrelet grooves. The M301A2 round is comprised of: a nose fuze; a nose fuze adapter; a bomb body; a tail cone assembly; a tail fin (stabilising) unit; and a propelling charge system. The nose of the M30...

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