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Type 56 160 mm HE Mortar Bomb
The Type 56 (CN: 56式) is a 160 mm, nose-fuzed, fin-stabilised, cast iron-bodied, high explosive fragmentation (HE-Frag) mortar bomb. Overview The Type 56 is essentially a clone of the Russian 53-F-853A (RU: 53-Ф-853А) cast iron-bodied 160 mm mortar bomb, with further details available within its separate METIS entry. Fuzing The Type 56 is know to use three different Chinese fuzes. These are screwed into an adapter-booster assembly, w...
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