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DM642 (155 mm DPICM)
The DM642 is a 155 mm (6.1 inch) hollow-base, base-ejection, submunition (bomblet) dispensing cargo (cluster) projectile, also referred to as a dual-purpose improved conventional munition (DPICM). The DM642 carries sixty three DM1383 submunitions, their release over the target area controlled by an mechanical time superquick (MTSQ), or electronic (ET) time fuze. Fuzing would be the German DM163 MTSQ, though the German DM52 ET and the US M577 M...
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