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M301A3
The M301A3 is a US 81 mm illuminating mortar bomb round; a cartridge in US terminology. The M301A3 is normally fitted with the M84A1 powder-train time (PTT) fuze. The steel tubular body of the M301A3 holds a parachute retarded illumination candle that contains 621 g of light producing pyrotechnic composition. The M301A3 uses the M71A2-primed M66A1 primary cartridge, and eight M185 augmenting charges. The primary charge contains 7.45 g of...
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