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53-OF-540 (Two-Piece)

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Bulgaria
Russian Federation
USSR
Yugoslavia

The 53-OF-540 (53-ОФ-540) is a Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation, 152 mm, two-part, boat-tailed, high explosive fragmentation (HE-FRAG) artillery projectile. Construction The 53-OF-540 projectile has a hollow steel body with a two-piece truncated ogival nose. The interface between the two parts of the nose is a plainly visible junction, with both parts having a number of equally-spaced holes for tightening spanners. Forward Nose S...

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