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M106 (US 8" HE Projectile)
The M106 is an US-developed, 8 inch (8", ≈203 mm) diameter, nose-fuzed, boat-tailed, high-explosive (HE) fragmentation (HE-frag) artillery projectile (shell), which was developed in the US around World War Two (WW2). Construction The hollow steel-bodied M106 artillery projectile comprises: a truncated ogival nose; a varying diameter body; and a boat-tailed (truncated conical) rear. The truncated tip of the nose has an partially internall...
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