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Type 56 HEAT Variant 2
The Type 56 (CN: 56式) HEAT, 'Variant 2', is a Chinese anti-armour recoilless gun round, which has a 40 mm rear body (tail and charge assemblies) and 80 mm shaped charge (high-explosive anti-tank [HEAT]) warhead. Overview The 'Type 56 HEAT Variant 2' is a version of the Type 56 HEAT round, which is itself a clone/copy of the Soviet-era-developed PG-2V (RU: ПГ-2В) round. The 'Type 56 HEAT Variant 2' differs externally from the Type 56 HEA...
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