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M449 (155 mm Carrier Projectile)
The M449 is a US-developed, 155 mm, steel-bodied, flat-base, base-ejection, submunition-dispensing carrier (cargo, cluster, dispenser, etc.) projectile, which is thought to have been introduced in the 1960s. The M449 is commonly referred to as an Improved Conventional Munition (ICM), which denotes its improved on-target effectiveness in comparison to conventional high explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) projectiles. The M449 may also be refer...
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