Back to top
Type 55 (HE Mortar Bomb)
The Type 55 is a cast iron-bodied 120 mm, point detonating (PD) nose-fuzed, high-explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) mortar bomb. The dimensions of the Type 55 vary slightly with source, but these are close enough to say it is likely a clone of the Russian 53-OF-843B. It is also referred to as the 120HE, and the Type 843. The latter strengthening its ties with the Russian 53-OF-843B. The Type 55 is thought to have been developed for the Ch...
More information available for Type 55 (HE Mortar Bomb)
Contact us for your free no obligation demonstration of enhanced access. Including technical munition data, specification and images.
- Up-to-the-minute news and social media custom AI mapping munition usage and interaction across the globe.
- Over 6219 munition records.
- In-context, aged and technical images.
- Section diagrams.
- Original and translated documentation.