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M888 60 mm HE Mortar Bomb Round

Mortar Bomb  
United States of America

The M888 is a US, 60 mm high explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) mortar round, or cartridge in US terminology. The M888 round is comprised of a fin-stabilised HE-frag mortar bomb, a fuze, and a charge system. The mortar bomb, also referred to as the M888, has an AISI 1340 alloy steel bomb body, to which the M27 aluminium alloy fin and tail boom assembly is attached. The bomb body is filled with 358 g (0.79 lb) of a Composition B high explosiv...

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