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Type 83A (HE Mortar Bomb)
The Type 83A is a Chinese 60 mm, point detonating (PD) nose-fuzed, high-explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) cast-iron-bodied mortar bomb. The Type 83A was presumably developed for use with the indigenous Chinese Type M-83A 60 mm mortar. From the markings on the body of the Type 83A, the bomb is also referred to by the West as the M83A and M-83A. The designation Type 83A is also given (presumed erroneously) by the West to another 60 mm HE-f...
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