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Type 59 Illumination Projectile (130 mm)
The 'Type 59 Illumination Projectile' is a Chinese, 130 mm, nose-fuzed, base-ejection, illumination artillery projectile, which contains a parachute-retarded illumination candle (flare). Overview The 'Type 59 Illumination Projectile' is based on Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation 3S2 (Ru: 3ะก2) model, with changes other than the fuze used unknown. Fuzing The 'Type 59 Illumination Projectile' is known to use the MS-1 (MS1) and lat...
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