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M43A1 (81 mm Mortar Bomb)

Mortar Bomb  
Portugal
Turkey
United States of America

The M43A1 is a US-developed 81 mm high explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) mortar round, which is known as a cartridge in US terminology. The M43A1 is an improved version of the M43, the two identical other than: the nose fuze fitted (M52 over M45); the fin unit; and the propulsion system used. The M43A1 is almost indentical to the M43A1B1, which uses some slightly different metal parts in comparison to the M43A1, but in all other respects th...

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